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Resourcefulness Enactment: The Sensemaking Process Underpinning Resourceful Actions

Greg Fisher

Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 2024

Prior research highlights how entrepreneurs depend on resourceful actions to overcome constraints in value-creation situations. Yet, most resourcefulness research has examined its external manifestations. To complement this, I examine the cognitive and embodied sensemaking process that underpins resourceful actions. Using an autoethnography of a 1430-mile mountain bike ride across South Africa, I distill a microfoundational sensemaking perspective underpinning resourcefulness, highlighting how actors who confront resource-constrained situations find creative ways to overcome such constraints to move forward in their endeavors. Furthermore, I specify how resourcefulness is impacted by priming, learning, and contagion within a challenging context.

DOI
10.1177/10422587231205321
Volume
48 (4)
Pages
911-940
Language
en
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