Constructing an Entrepreneurial Identity: How Enterprise Intentions Among Young People are Motivationally Formed

Abstract As enterprise education plays a larger role in schools and young individuals increasingly become the target of entrepreneurial policy initiatives, there is growing need to understand how intentions can be fostered. This study builds on analyses interviews with potential entrepreneurs their counterparts, delving more deeply into identity construction that motivates some individuals, but not others, develop identities intentions. The findings outline two contrasting routes construction, shedding light are motivationally embedded providing details micro-foundations formation shape these toward activity.