20.500.12556/RUL-129063 Young people's self-meaning making through entrepreneurship in Poland, Slovenia and the UK implications for human resource management in SMEs The objective of the paper is to explore young people's motives for pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities instead of a professional career in the public sector or a corporation. As young people increasingly consider alternatives to a traditional career, it is useful to understand what lies behind their entrepreneurial career choice in order to advise small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) how to attract a young workforce. A qualitative study consisting of 16 in-depth, semi-structured interviews with young entrepreneurs in Poland, Slovenia and the United Kingdom (UK) identifies a variety of internal and external factors influencing the entrepreneurs' career decisions that were found to be largely homogenous across different countries and contexts. These influences operate at micro, mezzo and macro levels. The findings are explained through Kegan's theory of self-meaning making as well as the SME context and particularities, providing an understanding of what attracts and deters young people facing career choices. SMEs labour market employment contract labour young people career choices entrepreneurship self-meaning making majhna in srednja podjetja trg dela zaposlovanje pogodbeno delo true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2021-08-25 13:19:00 2021-08-25 13:24:52 2022-09-08 04:06:21 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 115-130 iss. 2 (art. 5) Vol. 23 Aug. 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 331.5 2335-4216 10.15458/2335-4216.1010 73998083 RAZ_Balas_Rant_Melita_2021.pdf RAZ_Balas_Rant_Melita_2021.pdf 1 F80F3EDD03CFADFC06E0D05F1FF15378 1fd6164c260ce6f3a3d72c40f0d3d7d66d6e401f7e10c60456afcbd4465a38b6 c3c3a84d-0596-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=145988 https://www.ebrjournal.net/home/vol23/iss2/5/ 0 c9c3b527-0596-11ec-a523-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=145989 Ekonomska fakulteta 0 0 0