The rise of entrepreneurship in China : modernity, social mobility, and entrepreneurialism
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- This dissertation investigates the social-psychological motivations to pursue entrepreneurship in the context of post-reformed China. Using an inductive in-depth interview approach tapping into individual motivations, it argues that rather than pure economic calculations, people pursue entrepreneurship as a project of self-making and that such a project is towards an aspired future self, informed by one's past and by the collective meaning of entrepreneurship. To further examine how public representation of entrepreneurship may impact people's decision to pursue entrepreneurship, I use a survey experiment to randomly assign members of the general public to one of the treatment conditions where the framing of entrepreneurship is manipulated. My findings establish that public representation of entrepreneurship can promote entrepreneurial intention and behavior. However, its impact is heterogeneous for different audiences and operates via mechanisms un-identified by existing theories. Contributions and avenues for future research are discussed
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2020; ©2020 |
| Publication date | 2020; 2020 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Chiu, Gabriel Zhiwen Zhao |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Granovetter, Mark S |
| Thesis advisor | Granovetter, Mark S |
| Thesis advisor | Jiménez, Tomás R. (Tomás Roberto), 1975- |
| Thesis advisor | Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- |
| Degree committee member | Jiménez, Tomás R. (Tomás Roberto), 1975- |
| Degree committee member | Walder, Andrew G. (Andrew George), 1953- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Sociology. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Gabriel Z. Chiu |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Sociology |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2020 |
| Location | electronic resource |
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- Copyright
- © 2020 by Gabriel Zhiwen Zhao Chiu
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