Making the Meaningful Moments Visible – About the Real-time Study of Entrepreneurial Sensemaking
ISBN: 978-1-80262-186-0, eISBN: 978-1-80262-185-3
Publication date: 10 November 2023
Abstract
This chapter sets forth how and why diary data analysis can help significantly advance inquiry into the intersubjective aspects of entrepreneurial opportunities. We start the chapter with a presentation of the sensemaking perspective for the study of intersubjectivity in entrepreneurship. Next, we address epistemological limitations of retrospective data collection methods and examine the relevance of real-time, prospective data, specifically diary data, for the study of intersubjective phenomena associated with entrepreneurial activity. Furthermore, we describe our experiences with application of this method to the study of entrepreneurial cognitive development in the context of longitudinal, diary data-based research on this topic. We also address limitations of the diary data collection method and propose future research avenues for studies on intersubjective dimensions of entrepreneurial agency, before concluding this chapter.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank all those who helped in various ways. In particular, we wish to thank QREC, the Robert Huang Center for Entrepreneurship at Kyushu University, in particular, Enkhzaya Nergui and Shingo Igarashi. We will be doing great things together in the future. A deep-felt thanks goes to Karl Weick, who has been invaluable in coining the term ‘sense cycle’. We also thank the NIKOS Centre at the University of Twente for originally empowering this research and Aard Groen, as well as Jan Jaap Struis and his colleagues at the technical support of the University of Twente. Furthermore, we thank our inestimable editors of this volume, Paul Jones and Pauric McGowan.
Citation
Kaffka, G. and Krueger, N. (2023), "Making the Meaningful Moments Visible – About the Real-time Study of Entrepreneurial Sensemaking", Higgins, D., Brentnall, C., Jones, P. and McGowan, P. (Ed.) Nurturing Modalities of Inquiry in Entrepreneurship Research: Seeing the World Through the Eyes of Those Who Research (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 17), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 109-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620230000017008
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
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