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Entrepreneurs’ deep aspirations and meaningful work

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  • Sandrine Frémeaux
  • François Henry

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To address the question of how the fulfillment of entrepreneurs’ deepest desires can help them to give meaning to their activity, we examined fifty-five semi-structured interviews with entrepreneurs. We show that the achievement of their deep aspirations can prove to be a resource or, on the contrary, a hindrance to the construction of meaning. Our study thus reveals that, to avoid a desire turning into an idealistic, naive, exhausting, or constraining quest, entrepreneurs may seek a balance between objectivization and subjectivization of meaningful work.

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  • Sandrine Frémeaux & François Henry, 2023. "Entrepreneurs’ deep aspirations and meaningful work," Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, De Boeck Université, vol. 22(1), pages 29-56.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:rendbu:entre_221_0029
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