TY - CHAP
T1 - Capturing action from within
T2 - The use of personal diaries
AU - van Burg, Elco
AU - Karlsson, T.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This chapter discusses methods to study entrepreneurial behavior, practice, and process and advocates the use of personal diaries to capture entrepreneurial action and processes from within. It describes the diary research method, its origins and main references, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. An illustration of a study on networking actions serves to show possibilities but also challenges that come with using diaries in this type of research. We come to the conclusion that personal diaries are ideally suited, but underexploited data source for investigating entrepreneurial processes, especially in its early phases.
AB - This chapter discusses methods to study entrepreneurial behavior, practice, and process and advocates the use of personal diaries to capture entrepreneurial action and processes from within. It describes the diary research method, its origins and main references, as well as its strengths and weaknesses. An illustration of a study on networking actions serves to show possibilities but also challenges that come with using diaries in this type of research. We come to the conclusion that personal diaries are ideally suited, but underexploited data source for investigating entrepreneurial processes, especially in its early phases.
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U2 - 10.4337/9781788114523.00017
DO - 10.4337/9781788114523.00017
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781788114516
T3 - Research Handbooks in Business and Management series
SP - 182
EP - 198
BT - Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Behavior, Practice and Process
A2 - Gartner, William B.
A2 - Teague, Bruce T.
PB - Edward Elgar
CY - Northampton
ER -
