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Dynamics And Constraints Of The Start-Up Legitimation Process: The Role Of Organizational Identification

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  • EMILIA KARPINSKAIA

    (School of Economics and Management, HSE-University, St Petersburg, Russia)

  • GALINA SHIROKOVA

    (School of Economics and Management, HSE-University, St Petersburg, Russia)

  • TATIANA S. MANOLOVA

    (Department of Management, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA)

Abstract

From inception, start-ups are torn between two opposing legitimacy pressures: the need to differentiate from competitors and the need to conform to stakeholders’ expectations. In this study, we adopt an organizational identification perspective, coupled with a legitimacy-seeking lens, to explore the start-up legitimation progress for entrepreneurs who identify with their ventures either intrinsically or instrumentally. Applying a longitudinal multi-case study design and using rich interview data, we track the decisions and actions of ten Russian high-tech start-ups over a twenty-month period. Our findings reveal that start-up legitimation is a dynamic process guided by the organizational identification of the founders and bounded by identity tensions. The study extends the literature on new venture legitimation and its constraints. Theoretical and practitioner implications are discussed.

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  • Emilia Karpinskaia & Galina Shirokova & Tatiana S. Manolova, 2024. "Dynamics And Constraints Of The Start-Up Legitimation Process: The Role Of Organizational Identification," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 29(01), pages 1-30, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:29:y:2024:i:01:n:s1084946724500018
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946724500018
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