The Entrepreneurial Group: Social Identities, Relations, and Collective Action
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Entrepreneurial Group: Social Identities, Relations, and Collective Action
By (Author) Martin Ruef
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
10th November 2014
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sociology: work and labour
Sociology: family and relationships
338.04
Physical Properties
Paperback
312
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
425g
Description
Recent surveys show that more than half of American entrepreneurs share ownership in their business startups rather than going it alone. Yet the media and many scholars continue to perpetuate the myth of the lone visionary who single-handedly revolutionizes the marketplace. In The Entrepreneurial Group, Martin Ruef shatters this myth, demonstrating
Reviews
Winner of the 2011 Max Weber Book Award, Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the American Sociological Association
Author Bio
Martin Ruef is the Egan Family Professor of Sociology and director of Markets and Management Studies at Duke University. His books include Institutional Change and Healthcare Organizations, Organizations Evolving, and Between Slavery and Capitalism (Princeton).
