Developing entrepreneurial resilience from uncertainty as usual: a learning theory approach on readiness, response and opportunity
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
ISSN: 1355-2554
Article publication date: 31 January 2024
Issue publication date: 2 April 2024
Abstract
Purpose
This study explores resilience learning from uncertainty, taking a holistic view by considering individual, firm and contextual factors. Resilience development is understood by focusing on how uncertainty is related to entrepreneurs and their environment, suggesting that developing resilience needs to be a continuous learning process.
Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative study explores factors related to entrepreneurial uncertainty, resilience and learning. Evidence is drawn from interviews with rural entrepreneurs in two regions of Indonesia, and analyzed using a rigorous approach to generate codes, second-order themes and aggregate dimensions for the theoretical contributions.
Findings
Uncertainty readiness, uncertainty response and uncertainty opportunity for resilience emerge as the key learning areas from this study. They are related to resilience on a personal, community and systemic level. The proposed framework relates learning from uncertainty to the process of developing resilience for entrepreneurs and their communities.
Originality/value
This study proposes a framework based on resilience motivation and learning from uncertainty as usual. It explores the relationships between uncertainty readiness, responses and opportunities with personal, relational and systemic resilience factors. This contributes to entrepreneurship behavior research at the intersection of organization studies and management in the socio-economic and often informal context of developing countries.
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Acknowledgements
This work was supported by The Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP).
Citation
Kromidha, E. and Bachtiar, N.K. (2024), "Developing entrepreneurial resilience from uncertainty as usual: a learning theory approach on readiness, response and opportunity", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 1001-1022. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-11-2022-1025
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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