Entrepreneurial action only rarely results in the full transition to venture creation. Yet, extant research has focused almost exclusively on explaining how entrepreneurial action influences venture performance outcomes such as emergence and growth. Therefore, to advance theory, there is a need to uncover other outcomes of entrepreneurial action by decoupling it from venture creation. In this study, we begin such decoupling by exploring how entrepreneurial action can create individual benefits irrespective of venture emergence and financial success. We collected longitudinal data from a group of individuals who, due to forced migration, experienced significant disruption and then engaged in entrepreneurial action with the general goal of adapting to a new (to them) context. From this data, we integrated theory on entrepreneuring to develop a grounded model of post-disruption entrepreneuring. This model has three main components: (a) disruption assessment impact—interpretation of how the disruption will influence one's ability to pursue tasks and goals that provide meaning in life; (b) use of entrepreneuring—function and application of entrepreneuring activities in addressing opportunities or threats; and (c) projected goals—anticipated outcomes that provide meaning, motivation, and purpose. These attempts at assessing the contextual conditions provide individuals with an objective way of framing their situation. Thus, entrepreneuring can serve as an accessible mental structure that facilitates adaptation. In elaborating on post-disruption entrepreneuring, this study contributes to the literature by demonstrating the generative capacity of entrepreneurial action even in the absence of venture creation.

创业行动很少会导致完全过渡到风险创造。然而，现存的研究几乎完全集中在解释创业行为如何影响风险绩效结果，如出现和增长。因此，为了推进理论，有必要通过将创业行为与风险创造脱钩来揭示创业行为的其他结果。在这项研究中，我们通过探索创业行动如何创造个人利益而不考虑风险出现和财务成功来开始这种脱钩。我们从一群人那里收集了纵向数据，这些人由于被迫迁移而经历了重大破坏，然后从事创业行动，其总体目标是适应新的（对他们来说）环境。从这个数据来看，我们整合了创业理论，开发了颠覆后创业的扎根模型。该模型包含三个主要组成部分：(a)中断评估影响——解释中断将如何影响一个人追求提供生活意义的任务和目标的能力；(b)利用创业——创业活动在应对机遇或威胁方面的作用和应用；(c)预计目标——提供意义、动机和目的的预期结果。这些评估情境条件的尝试为个人提供了一种客观的方式来构建他们的处境。因此，创业可以作为一种促进适应的易于理解的心理结构。在详细阐述颠覆后创业时，这项研究通过展示即使在没有风险创造的情况下创业行动的生成能力，也为文献做出了贡献。