Elite athletes becoming entrepreneurs: An entrepreneurial decision process model
(2024) ENTN19 20241Department of Business Administration
- Abstract
- Elite athletes in entrepreneurship is an emergent field of research with scholars showing advantageous entrepreneurial traits in the athletes and a good job-fit between athletes and entrepreneurship. However, current literature presents a fragmented view, often examining characteristics in isolation, and failing to show the process of how elite athletes become entrepreneurs. Hence, this study seeks to address this gap by presenting an entrepreneurial decision process model for athletes becoming entrepreneurs. The study adopts a qualitative inductive approach following the Gioia methodology to analyse the data and present the findings from 10 in-depth interviews with Danish elite athletes that have become entrepreneurs. We have identified a... (More)
- Elite athletes in entrepreneurship is an emergent field of research with scholars showing advantageous entrepreneurial traits in the athletes and a good job-fit between athletes and entrepreneurship. However, current literature presents a fragmented view, often examining characteristics in isolation, and failing to show the process of how elite athletes become entrepreneurs. Hence, this study seeks to address this gap by presenting an entrepreneurial decision process model for athletes becoming entrepreneurs. The study adopts a qualitative inductive approach following the Gioia methodology to analyse the data and present the findings from 10 in-depth interviews with Danish elite athletes that have become entrepreneurs. We have identified a phase being the elite athletic career, where athletes obtain proficiencies from their athletic background, a transition phase consisting of an interrelationship between entrepreneurial preparation and the utilisation of the athletes’ sporting environment and, lastly, triggers that aid in the transition through the phases. The study contributes to existing literature by, firstly, presenting the first entrepreneurial decision process model for elite athletes, secondly by providing a comprehensive view of the entrepreneurial proficiencies developed in the sporting career and their interrelationships, thirdly by adding insights into the scholarly discussion about athlete-tailored entrepreneurial education and fourthly by extending knowledge of athletes’ transitional triggers. Furthermore, our study paves the way for athletes with an interest in entrepreneurship, adds insights into policy makers' use of entrepreneurial education and provides the entrepreneurial ecosystem with knowledge of the potential and process for elite athletes becoming entrepreneurs. (Less)
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- author
- Bagge, Jannick LU and Oberhausen Krippler, Felix LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- ENTN19 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Elite Athletes, Entrepreneurship, Decision Making, Process, Transition
- language
- English
- id
- 9164533
- date added to LUP
- 2024-06-19 17:32:29
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abstract = {{Elite athletes in entrepreneurship is an emergent field of research with scholars showing advantageous entrepreneurial traits in the athletes and a good job-fit between athletes and entrepreneurship. However, current literature presents a fragmented view, often examining characteristics in isolation, and failing to show the process of how elite athletes become entrepreneurs. Hence, this study seeks to address this gap by presenting an entrepreneurial decision process model for athletes becoming entrepreneurs. The study adopts a qualitative inductive approach following the Gioia methodology to analyse the data and present the findings from 10 in-depth interviews with Danish elite athletes that have become entrepreneurs. We have identified a phase being the elite athletic career, where athletes obtain proficiencies from their athletic background, a transition phase consisting of an interrelationship between entrepreneurial preparation and the utilisation of the athletes’ sporting environment and, lastly, triggers that aid in the transition through the phases. The study contributes to existing literature by, firstly, presenting the first entrepreneurial decision process model for elite athletes, secondly by providing a comprehensive view of the entrepreneurial proficiencies developed in the sporting career and their interrelationships, thirdly by adding insights into the scholarly discussion about athlete-tailored entrepreneurial education and fourthly by extending knowledge of athletes’ transitional triggers. Furthermore, our study paves the way for athletes with an interest in entrepreneurship, adds insights into policy makers' use of entrepreneurial education and provides the entrepreneurial ecosystem with knowledge of the potential and process for elite athletes becoming entrepreneurs.}},
author = {{Bagge, Jannick and Oberhausen Krippler, Felix}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Elite athletes becoming entrepreneurs: An entrepreneurial decision process model}},
year = {{2024}},
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