Physician entrepreneurship: A study of early career physicians' founding motivations and actions.
Founding process
Organizational membership
Physician entrepreneurs
Professional socialization
Journal
Social science & medicine (1982)
ISSN: 1873-5347
Titre abrégé: Soc Sci Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8303205
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
06
01
2023
revised:
24
10
2023
accepted:
02
11
2023
medline:
4
12
2023
pubmed:
18
11
2023
entrez:
17
11
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The literature on professional socialization suggests that their training and socialization lead physicians to prioritize professionally prescribed activities over entrepreneurial activity. This leaves unexplained how and why early career physicians would engage in entrepreneurship, a behavior that many healthcare organizations now seek to encourage. To address this shortcoming, we conducted an inductive study, augmented with survey data, of UK National Health Service physicians involved in entrepreneurial projects. We detail a process of physician entrepreneurship underpinned by organizational improvement motives and identification with the organization. Entrepreneurs breached constraining roles and formed ventures which originated as intrapreneurial initiatives but shifted to individual-level resourcing. Entrepreneurial behaviors coincided with physicians' commitment to remain with the NHS albeit with adjustments to their career plans. Overall, the study suggests that physicians manage the pressure exerted by professional socialization by adapting both the kind of entrepreneurial projects and career pathways they pursue.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37977017
pii: S0277-9536(23)00750-5
doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116393
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
116393Informations de copyright
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