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Zainuddin, Muhammad Nizam and Mukhtar, Dzulkifli (2026) Forming the Entrepreneurial Passion Republic: Sense-Making, Wayfinding, and the Co-Construction of Entrepreneurial Identity and Entrepreneurial Passion in Postgraduate Entrepreneurship Education. Human Arenas. ISSN 2522-5790

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Abstract

This study investigates how postgraduate entrepreneurship education programs (PEEPs) shape the concurrent development of entrepreneurial identity (EI) and entrepreneurial pas‑ sion (EP). Employing Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), we examine the lived experiences of twelve students in the UK and Malaysia. We theorize the Entrepre‑ neurial Passion Republic (EPR) as a bounded socio‑cognitive context in which a recursive cycle of sense‑making and wayfinding—scaffolded by program rituals and community norms—satisfies SDT needs (autonomy, competence, relatedness) and co‑constructs EI and EP. Four themes trace the journey from cognitive disruption to an internalized, proso‑ cial entrepreneurial purpose. The study contributes to a novel integrative model of EPR for understanding entrepreneurial learning and offers practical insights for designing PEEPs that intentionally foster sense-making and wayfinding.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Entrepreneurship education
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Management (FOM)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2026 07:39
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2026 07:39
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/16154

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