Instigating transformative entrepreneurship in subsistence communities: Supporting leaders' transcendence and self-determination

IF 1.2 Q4 MANAGEMENT Africa Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-06-07 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2022.2071574

Steven W. Rayburn, Gideon Ochieng

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Abstract

This research exposes a process of bottom-up development that supports leaders’ transcendent motives and self-determination needs to instigate transformative entrepreneurship within their communities. The process is illuminated by actions taken in development organizations working within subsistence communities. Findings reveal that as community leaders and members served by these organizations experience fulfillment of their need for transcendence and self-determination they become change-agents in their communities. Development organizations support the move from personal transcendence to taking action, as they empower, connect, and equip community leaders to become the change they want in their communities. When leaders take action, they launch initiatives in the form of transformative entrepreneurship, provide services, fuel much-needed economic growth, and stimulate a positive upward spiral of wellbeing in communities. This research contributes a practical, holistic, yet nuanced, grounded theory useful for development of initiatives to instigate transformative effort that targets wellbeing uplift in impoverished and oppressed communities.

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在自给社区激发变革性创业:支持领导者的超越和自决

本研究揭示了一个自下而上的发展过程，该过程支持领导者的超越动机和自决需求，以激发其社区内的变革创业精神。在维持生计的社区内工作的发展组织所采取的行动说明了这一进程。研究结果表明，当这些组织所服务的社区领导人和成员体验到超越和自决需求的满足时，他们就会成为社区变革的推动者。发展组织支持从个人超越到采取行动的转变，因为他们授权、联系和装备社区领导人，使他们在社区中成为他们想要的改变。当领导者采取行动时，他们会以变革性创业的形式发起倡议，提供服务，推动急需的经济增长，并刺激社区福祉的积极螺旋式上升。这项研究提供了一个实用的、全面的、微妙的、有根据的理论，有助于制定旨在提高贫困和受压迫社区福祉的变革努力。

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Africa Journal of Management Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.