ABSTRACT

This paper examines how entrepreneurs within different settings reflect on social interactions to work on their identity. Using life story narratives, we explore a business membership network and a creative hub in the central belt of Scotland. Our subsequent model shows how individuals in these settings use different dominant interpretive repertoires, as represented by structural-instrumental work in the business network and relational work in the creative hub. We also show how the interpretive repertoires both shape and are shaped by what individuals strive for in their identity work: striving for esteem and striving for closeness. We discuss how our findings offer insight into the dynamics of social identities and how they are reproduced and maintained through situated exchange using specific interpretive repertoires and striving agendas.

摘要

本文研究了不同环境中的企业家如何反思社会互动以提高他们的身份。使用生活故事叙述，我们探索了苏格兰中部地带的商业会员网络和创意中心。我们随后的模型展示了在这些环境中的个人如何使用不同的主导解释曲目，如商业网络中的结构工具工作和创意中心中的关系工作。我们还展示了解释性曲目如何塑造个人在他们的身份工作中所追求的东西：争取尊重和争取亲近。我们讨论了我们的发现如何洞察社会身份的动态，以及它们如何通过使用特定的解释性曲目和奋斗议程的情境交流来复制和维护。