Pattinson, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-3352-5738, Ciesielska, M., Preece, D. et al. (2 more authors) (2020) The “Tango Argentino”: a metaphor for understanding effectuation processes. Journal of Management Inquiry, 29 (3). pp. 317-329. ISSN 1056-4926
Abstract
The authors use the analogy of the Argentine Tango to illuminate entrepreneurial effectuation as a process of becoming. Drawing on the metaphor of dance, the authors highlight seven areas for theory development that could further a performative theory of effectuation. These include the study of the micro-level movement and flow in the dance as “intimate steps,” and understanding the interplay between entrepreneur and ecosystem as “contextual rhythms.” They further propose that the study of changing leadership in the dance could illuminate how causal processes “become” effectual and suggest a concept of “attunement” to consider how inexperienced entrepreneurs learn contextual rhythms and, therefore, benefit for effectuation processes. Finally, they posit that the intimate steps leading to creativity in the dance relative to different levels of proximity and distance between the dancers should be understood alongside the movements and flows through which dancers maintain their individuality during such intimate movements and flows.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Authors. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Management Inquiry. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | entrepreneurship; effectuation; metaphor; performativity; becoming; tango |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2019 10:50 |
Last Modified: | 29 Apr 2021 12:42 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1056492618776102 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:150593 |