Apostasy versus legitimacy: Relational dynamics and routes to resource acquisition in entrepreneurial ventures

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 571-592

  Stringfellow, Lindsay ^a   Shaw, Eleanor ^b   Maclean, Mairi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bourdieu; legitimacy; professional habitus; professional service firms; social capital; symbolic capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903168084     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612471693     Document Type: Article

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