Hybrid Entrepreneurship in Romania: A Phenomenological Study

A deep understanding of entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship and hybrid entrepreneurshipHybrid entrepreneurship presumes a good understanding of basic elements of how individuals make the decision to become hybrid entrepreneursEntrepreneur, in what context, and under what pressures. Understanding the essential elements and all their subtleties can only come from a careful look at the real experiences of entrepreneursEntrepreneur and at their understanding of concepts. The present article is a qualitative study that attempts a deep understanding of hybrid entrepreneursEntrepreneur’ motivations to transition from employment to hybrid entrepreneurshipHybrid entrepreneurship and furthermore to full time entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship by employing a phenomenologyPhenomenology technique. The goal was to obtain a better knowledge of hybrid entrepreneurshipHybrid entrepreneurship in RomaniaRomania by evaluating the journeys of several entrepreneursEntrepreneur with experience in transitioning from employment to full-time entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship via hybrid entrepreneurshipHybrid entrepreneurship. The goal of the research was to characterize, decode, translate, and otherwise elucidate the meaning and reasoning behind the transitions from employment to hybrid entrepreneurshipHybrid entrepreneurship in RomaniaRomania. An extensive number of findings regarding hybrid entrepreneursEntrepreneur’ characteristics and motivations are discussed, together with a comparison between hybrid entrepreneursEntrepreneur, full time entrepreneursEntrepreneur and employees.