Entrepreneurial behaviours and managerial approach of lifestyle entrepreneurs in surf tourism: an exploratory study

Fadda, Nicoletta

doi:10.1080/14775085.2020.1726801

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“…In addition, lifestyle entrepreneurs can be considered as amateur entrepreneurs as some are not interested in large scale corporate ventures. These perspectives of lifestyle entrepreneurs are similar to those existing for social entrepreneurs due to the way non-financial goals are emphasized (Fadda 2020).…”

Section: Lifestyle Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 69%

Coronavirus (covid-19) and entrepreneurship: changing life and work landscape

Ratten

2020

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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The purpose of this commentary article is to focus on how the covid-19 crisis has affected cultural, lifestyle, and social entrepreneurship. In doing so, I address the current lack of integration between crisis management, entrepreneurship, and covid-19 literature. This commentary article systematically synthesizes the current literature by linking key concepts within crisis management and entrepreneurship. Covid-19 has had an enormous effect on global society, so this article is amongst the first from an academic standpoint to examine it from a cultural, social, and lifestyle entrepreneurship perspective. This enables micro, macro, and meso environmental effects originating from the covid-19 crisis to be better understood in terms of the entrepreneurship literature. Currently, the effects of covid-19 on entrepreneurship remain unexplored so this article provides a more inclusive and integrative framework. RÉSUMÉL'objectif de cet article-commentaire est de se concentrer sur la mani ere dont la crise li ee a la Covid-19 a affect e l'entrepreneuriat culturel, de style de vie et social. Ce faisant, j'aborde l'absence actuelle d'int egration entre la gestion de crise, l'entrepreneuriat et la litt erature sur la Covid-19. L'article synth etise, de façon syst ematique, la litt erature actuelle en liant les concepts-cl es dans le cadre de la gestion de crise et de l'entrepreneuriat. La Covid-19 a eu un impact enorme sur la soci et e mondiale. Aussi cet article est-il parmi les premiers a examiner cet impact, d'un point de vue acad emique, selon une perspective d'entrepreneuriat culturel, social et de style de vie. Cet examen permet de mieux comprendre les effets environnementaux de la crise li ee a la Covid-19aux plans micro, macro et mesoen termes de litt erature sur l'entrepreneuriat.A ce jour, les effets de la Covid-19 sur l'entrepreneuriat restent inexplor es, de sorte que cet article fournit un cadre plus inclusif et ax e sur l'int egration.

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Section: Lifestyle Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 69%

Coronavirus (covid-19) and entrepreneurship: changing life and work landscape

Ratten

2020

Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship

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“…Most of the surf visitation occurs between mid-December and mid-March, which is also the high season for tourism generally. In that sense, surfing in Bocas does not provide off-peak visitation stability as it was found to do in Europe [42,43] and the USA [44].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Most of the surf visitation occurs between m December and mid-March, which is also the high season for tourism generally. In th sense, surfing in Bocas does not provide off-peak visitation stability as it was found to in Europe [42,43] and the USA [44]. The local resident surf community is very diverse, with many locals identifying Afro-Antillean, Indigenous (Ngöbe), and/or LatinX and many others who are lifestyle m grants drawn principally for surfing from Europe, South America, and the US.…”

Section: Case Study Backroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other studies dealing with surf lifestyle entrepreneurs cast them in a positive light, highlighting their ingenuity and ability to create new, profitable enterprises that benefit from their participation in a cohesive surf community [42,69], without discussing the development tensions this can create in surf communities. Even more nuanced analysis of surf entrepreneurs demonstrated that different orientations to growth (i.e., some surf entrepreneurs valued economic growth above other lifestyle benefits and vice versa) did not really discuss the implications of surf business growth for residents [70].…”

Section: Community Tensions and The Possible Emergence Of A New Surf Ethicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Surf Tourism in Uncertain Times: Resident Perspectives on the Sustainability Implications of COVID-19

Mach

2021

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Surf tourism is the principal development driver in many coastal communities around the world. Surf tourism development brings economic opportunities to residents in coastal destinations, but has also been criticized for associations with gentrification, pollution, and inequity. While many have speculated that surfers represent a crisis-resistant tourist segment, this had not yet been empirically demonstrated, nor had the sustainability implications of their travel during crises been explored. Building on ethnographic observations and two interview phases with 25 resident surfers in Bocas del Toro, Panama, this is the first study to do both. The findings reveal that the pandemic exacerbated existing sustainability challenges by accelerating development near surf-breaks, fomenting tensions within the surf community (related to surf tourism business operations and the distribution of benefits) and facilitating residents to surf more frequently—exacerbating surf-resource crowding. Evidence also revealed, however, a potential shift in surfers’ collective consciousness in the context of the pandemic, which reduced conflicts between visiting and resident surfers. This paper exposes the urgent need for stakeholders in surf communities, and particularly surf tourism business owners, to cooperate in order to preserve surf experiences that are vital to resident mental/physical health and well-being, as well as the attractiveness as a surf tourism destination.

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“…Although in recent years, several authors studied lifestyle entrepreneurs in the tourism sector (Ateljevic & Doorne, 2000 ; Bredvold & Skålén, 2016 ; Fadda, 2020 ; Marchant & Mottiar, 2011 ; Peters et al, 2009 ; Ratten, 2018 ; Walmsley, 2019 ). Only a few exceptions explored the phenomenon of lifestyle entrepreneurship concerning sport (González-Serrano et al, 2020 ; Jones et al, 2017 , 2020 ; Ratten, 2010 , 2011 ; Wallis et al, 2020 ) or other sectors (Andersson Cederholm, 2015 ; Marcketti et al, 2006 ).…”

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Sport for a Livelihood and Well-being: From Leisure Activity to Occupational Devotion

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This study explored the occupational devotion of lifestyle entrepreneurs and their well-being. Although the number of enterprises in the sports industry increased over the past years, limited literature exists on this topic. Therefore, this paper focused on lifestyle entrepreneurs who turned their sports into their occupations. We conducted semi-structured interviews and a follow-up survey with lifestyle entrepreneurs (N = 13) from various sports (e.g., yoga, kiting, football). The thematic analysis revealed a strong connection between the individuals’ choice of career and well-being. Other themes (and sub-themes), such as mental and physical health and value (co-)creation, were identified, corroborating the authors’ assumption that these lifestyle entrepreneurs started a career in their sports to reach a higher quality of life. The results uncovered that well-being and occupational devotion are closely linked. Co-creation is connected to well-being, and this can accrue social capital in the community. Thus, the results recommended support for lifestyle entrepreneurs as they provide community benefits.

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Entrepreneurial behaviours and managerial approach of lifestyle entrepreneurs in surf tourism: an exploratory study

Cited by 25 publications

References 73 publications

Coronavirus (covid-19) and entrepreneurship: changing life and work landscape

Coronavirus (covid-19) and entrepreneurship: changing life and work landscape

Surf Tourism in Uncertain Times: Resident Perspectives on the Sustainability Implications of COVID-19

Sport for a Livelihood and Well-being: From Leisure Activity to Occupational Devotion

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