Young people's self-meaning making through entrepreneurship in Poland, Slovenia and the UK : implications for human resource management in SMEs

Balas Rant, Melita (avtor), Dziewanowska, Katarzyna (avtor), Petrylaite, Edita (avtor), Pearce, Alison (avtor)

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.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: SMEs, labour market, employment, contract labour, young people, career choices, entrepreneurship, self-meaning making
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: EF - Ekonomska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2021
• Št. strani: Str. 115-130
• Številčenje: Vol. 23, iss. 2 (art. 5)
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-129063
• UDK: 331.5
• ISSN pri članku: 2335-4216
• DOI: 10.15458/2335-4216.1010
• COBISS.SI-ID: 73998083
• Datum objave v RUL: 25.08.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Economic and business review
• Založnik: Ekonomska fakulteta
• ISSN: 2335-4216
• COBISS.SI-ID: 268649216

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Najbolj omejujoča licenca Creative Commons. Uporabniki lahko prenesejo in delijo delo v nekomercialne namene in ga ne smejo uporabiti za nobene druge namene.
• Začetek licenciranja: 01.01.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: majhna in srednja podjetja, trg dela, zaposlovanje, pogodbeno delo

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Program financ.: H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
• Številka projekta: 734824
• Naslov: Global Entrepreneurial Talent Management 3
• Akronim: GETM3

• Financer: Drugi - Drug financer ali več financerjev
• Program financ.: Polish Ministry of Education and Science for the implementation of the international co-financed project