Developing a Co-constructed Autoethnographic Approach to Understand Personal Values-Guided Social Entrepreneurship

Lichtenstein, Scott and Fenn, Paul and Kah, Sally (2023) Developing a Co-constructed Autoethnographic Approach to Understand Personal Values-Guided Social Entrepreneurship. Working Paper 23. Centre for Applied Finance and Economics (CAFE), Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, Working paper series. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

This research aims to uncover how the personal values of a social enterprise CEO (Paul) influence strategic leadership and choices. We adopt the upper-echelon theory by Hambrick and Mason (1984) of bounded rationality to provide insights into the lived experience of an executive social entrepreneur - how personal values influence the establishment of Local Power and subsequent strategic decisions. To achieve this, we followed Kempster and Stewart's (2010) co-produced auto-ethnography approach, described as two parts of a sandwich: the ‘bread’ as the interpreted observations and the filling as the reflections on the experience. The 'meat' of Paul's auto-ethnographic sandwich reflected significant episodes from 1995 to 2022 when he developed Local Power, California C Corp CEO and LLC President. From a theoretical perspective, this research contributes to creative opportunity recognition and the coupling of personal values that influence strategic leadership and choices in social entrepreneurship.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Identification Number:	23
Dates:	Date Event 13 September 2023 Completed
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Strategic leadership, personal values, social entrepreneur, USA
Subjects:	CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-01 - business and management (non-specific)
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics > Centre for Accountancy Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Depositing User:	Scott Lichtenstein
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2023 12:31
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 12:05
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14777

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