TITLE:
An Exploratory Snapshot of Podcast Discourse Regarding Business Start-Ups: Where Does Psychological Capital, Sustainability, and Spirituality Fit?
AUTHORS:
Robb Elton, Amy Moore
KEYWORDS:
Thematic Analysis, Spirituality, Psychological Capital, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Qualitative Research, Qualitative Design, Business Life-Cycle
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.3,
March
16,
2022
ABSTRACT: This exploratory-sequential thematic analysis was
undertaken to discover or connect how experts in business or entrepreneurship
view, use, or adopt notions of spirituality and or psychological sustainability
in start-ups. A “Start-up” is a business that is new or directly out of
concept. Within this study, a thematic analysis sought to expose any themes
from three separate podcast transcripts from the United States. The podcasts
specialize in business start-ups and entrepreneurship. After intensive analyses
of the transcripts of podcast conversations, a variety of themes were
documented, categorized, then presented within a table that unfortunately
reveals that these keyword subjects are neglected in this form of media, and
the subjects did not arise in any level of discussion regarding the business
life-cycle. In terms of study design, preliminary qualitative designs are often
considerations at the outset of secondary source analyses. Thematic analysis is
an accepted form of qualitative research. This exploratory thematic analysis
may provoke future studies in these areas which have implications in the fields
of psychology, business, and religious studies.