And Labor Came to Us: Making Use of an Opportune Workforce—Enhancing Migrant Integration into British Economy

Hack‐Polay, Dieu; Mendy, John

doi:10.1177/0160449x17744350

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“…This research showed the relative importance of key socio-cultural barriers facing immigrant entrepreneurs in rural spheres such as Lincolnshire. Our findings are consistent with previous studies (Barnes and Cox, 2007; Hack-Polay and Mendy, 2017) who found that with the right support migrants can break out of the co-ethnic market and develop sustainable businesses in Lincolnshire. Additionally, this finding is exemplified in Fletcher’s (2017) study which found relatively high support for the argument that immigrants brought a different set of cultural experience to the Borough of Boston, a small town within Lincolnshire County, by moving into the area while opening shops and building lives.…”

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“…a way out of unemployment and underemployment. Underemployment has been noted in contemporary research on the migrant workforce, and it refers to the insufficient use of worker skills or qualifications because the jobs available do not use the talents that the migrant workers harbour (Hack-Polay and Igwe, 2019; Hack-Polay and Mendy, 2017; Ikafa et al., 2020). Building on the functionalism philosophy in psychology, we define adaptation as the use of mental abilities to fit or cope with contextual/cultural changes.…”

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Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

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A growing body of literature recognises the crucial role played by immigrant entrepreneurs. However, certain socio-cultural barriers adversely affect their businesses in rural areas. Thus, this article examines the socio-cultural barriers facing immigrant entrepreneurs in Lincolnshire. Eleven semi-structured interviews were held with businesses owned by immigrants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The findings identified migrant ethnocentrism, stereotypes, cultural differences and language differences as key socio-cultural barriers adversely affecting immigrant businesses in Lincolnshire. The research found that immigrant enterprises experienced growth issues, not just owing to the size of the market but also due to issues of embeddedness in the socio-economic nomenclature. The study found mixed embeddedness to be key to immigrant entrepreneurial success. This involves immigrant adaptation to develop relational embeddedness with the hosts, involvement with its social, structural and institutional frameworks. The study contributes to our understanding of the role of social, relational, structural and institutional embeddedness in steering fertile approaches to immigrant entrepreneurship in rural England which has been under-researched.

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“…Migrant mothers are often overlooked in public debates about citizenship and democracy. They mainly become visible in discourses of integration (Hack-Polay, 2016). Racialized groups of migrant mothers are portrayed as posing a risk to social and cultural cohesion, or standing in the way of their children’s successful integration into society, therefore threatening the very foundations of democracy (see Cameron, 2016).…”

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Participatory theatre for transformative social research

Erel

Reynolds

Kaptani

2017

Qualitative Research

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Reflecting on the transformative potential of participatory theatre methods for social research, the article draws on a project with ethnically diverse migrant mothers in London. The research reframes the experiences and practices of socially and ethnically marginalized migrant mothers as active interventions into citizenship. We also challenge recurring public discourses casting migrant mothers as threats to social and cultural cohesion who do not contribute but instead draw on the resources of the welfare state. We highlight how participatory theatre methods create spaces for the participants to enact social and personal conflicts. It also validates migrant mothers' subjugated knowledges of caring and culture work creating new forms of citizenship. By enacting different versions of collective stories, the theatre sessions therefore become rehearsals for socio-political transformations.

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“…Therefore, this study has noted insufficient e‐commerce and internet facilities in rural SMEs. As a result we propose that African firms' insufficient e‐commerce facilities have rendered network relationships internationally challenging (Hack‐Polay & Mendy, 2017). In the light of the earlier, we hypothesize that:H1c Lack of e‐commerce and internet is positively related to place barriers for rural SMEs' internationalization .…”

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Place and policy barriers of rural Nigeria's small and medium enterprises' internationalization

Mendy

Odunukan

Rahman

2021

Thunderbird Intl Bus Rev

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Despite internationalization theory's recognition that place and policy constitute fundamental barriers for the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), research into rural‐based firms from the developing world is a much underdeveloped and neglected area. To address the need to examine this gap, the purpose of this study is to identify and compare place and policy challenges of rural SMEs' internationalization in Nigeria. We have developed a model that extends internationalization theory's overemphasis on the structural aspects of these barriers and thereby provide a resolution tool for managers. By using partial least squares (PLS) path modeling methodology, we also administered 403 questionnaires in six of Nigeria's geopolitical zones. Our three‐stage analyses reveal findings that the physical and geographical (or place barrier) challenges account for 90% whilst the traditionally neglected aspects of legal and regulatory barriers score 85%. Therefore, place related barriers should be given slightly higher priority if it is not possible to be given equal recognition in internationalization theory. These findings provide new insights into a more complex picture of SMEs' internationalization in emerging economies. It is recommended that our Human‐centric Hierarchical Model could help inform managers' decision‐making processes on what human aspects they need to prioritize when faced with policy and place barriers. It is also recommended that our model adds social value to SME businesses and provides a new lens for scholars to investigate place and policy related barriers to rural Nigeria's SMEs.

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And Labor Came to Us: Making Use of an Opportune Workforce—Enhancing Migrant Integration into British Economy

Cited by 12 publications

References 35 publications

Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

Immigrant entrepreneurs in rural England – An examination of the socio- cultural barriers facing migrant small businesses in Lincolnshire

Participatory theatre for transformative social research

Place and policy barriers of rural Nigeria's small and medium enterprises' internationalization

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