A Bourdieuan Relational Perspective for Entrepreneurship Research

Abstract

In this paper, we illustrate the possibilities a relational perspective offers for overcoming the dominant dichotomies (e.g., qualitative versus quantitative, agency versus structure) that exist in the study of entrepreneurial phenomena. Relational perspective is an approach to research that allows the exploration of a phenomenon, such as entrepreneurship, as irreducibly interconnected sets of relationships. We demonstrate how ierre ourdieu's concepts may be mobilized to offer an exemplary toolkit for a relational perspective in entrepreneurship research.

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Ahu Tatli

Ahu Tatli is senior lecturer in International HRM in the School of Business and Management at the Queen Mary University of London.

Joana Vassilopoulou

Joana Vassilopoulou is a senior lecturer in Strategy and CSR at Kent Business School, University of Kent.

Mustafa Özbilgin

Mustafa Özbilgin is professor of organisational behaviour at Brunel University London, Université Paris‐Dauphine and Koç University Istanbul.

Cynthia Forson

Cynthia Forson is head of the Department of Management, Leadership and Organisation in the Hertfordshire Business School at the University of Hertfordshire.

Natasha Slutskaya

Natasha Slutskaya is lecturer in Brunel Business School at Brunel University.