Disadvantage Entrepreneurship: Decoding a New Area of Research

Maâlaoui, Adnane; Ratten, Vanessa; Heilbrunn, Sibylle; Brännback, Malin; Kraus, Sascha

doi:10.1111/emre.12424

Cited by 26 publications

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“…Therefore, the double disadvantage not only focuses on problems faced by female immigrant entrepreneurs in the host society but also focuses on racial and ethnic discrimination experienced by women because of their gender. In this regard, disadvantaged immigrant entrepreneurs vary depending not only on their gender but also on their attributes (Maalaoui, Ratten, Heilbrunn, Brannback & Kraus, 2020).…”

Section: Gender Differences In Entrepreneurship: a Disadvantage Theor...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant entrepreneurship and gender dimensions: A systematic review

Sarihasan

Dajnoki²,

Al-Dalahmeh³

2023

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Purpose: This paper discusses whether the gender dimension of immigrants influences their entrepreneurial activities in host societies. Human capital theory, social capital theory, and disadvantage theory are used to explore immigrant entrepreneurship and its understanding as a migration research field worthy of more attention.Design/methodology/approach: Based on the systematic analysis of literature and peer-reviewed papers, a comprehensive analytical framework was developed. This framework is provided with an overview to discover the 20 articles written between 2000 and 2021 from different countries are discussed.Findings: It has been found that female immigrant entrepreneurs face many different challenges to sustain their businesses in the host countries, based on their human capital, social-capital, and disadvantage perspectives. Consequently, this research adds to the literature on female immigrants and has practical implications for policymakers and the immigrant community.Social Implications: The implication of this study is that destination countries should do something to improve the human and social capital of female immigrants to decrease the disadvantages they face.Originality/value: In this study, we specifically consider female immigrant enterprises to be as important as male enterprises in the destination countries to support the social and economic integration of migrants. On the other hand, this study also shows the disadvantages female immigrant entrepreneurs face before establishing a business and after starting their entrepreneurial activities.

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Section: Gender Differences In Entrepreneurship: a Disadvantage Theor...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant entrepreneurship and gender dimensions: A systematic review

Sarihasan

Dajnoki²,

Al-Dalahmeh³

2023

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“…, 2017), reducing opportunities for work and forcing disadvantaged groups to find alternative sources of livelihood. They find that their career options are shrinking, forcing them to consider entrepreneurship by default rather than by design, a condition that could be termed as “necessity entrepreneurship” (Maalaoui et al. , 2020).…”

Section: Disadvantaged Entrepreneursmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A range of structural constraints including oppressive institutional conditions (de al Chaux and Haugh, 2020;Shepherd et al, 2020), stereotyping and stigma (Chandra, 2017;Wiklund et al, 2016) block labor market opportunities (Ram et al, 2017), reducing opportunities for work and forcing disadvantaged groups to find alternative sources of livelihood. They find that their career options are shrinking, forcing them to consider entrepreneurship by default rather than by design, a condition that could be termed as "necessity entrepreneurship" (Maalaoui et al, 2020). Disadvantaged entrepreneurs are, thus, seen as getting by rather than getting along (Amor os et al, 2019).…”

Section: Disadvantaged Entrepreneursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Building self-determination of disadvantaged groups: insights from an entrepreneurship focused program for refugees

Richey

Brooks²,

Ravishankar³

2022

IJEBR

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PurposeThis paper examines how entrepreneurship focused programs build capacities for disadvantaged groups to pursue more dignified lives. The struggles of disadvantaged entrepreneurs against pronounced structural constraints are well documented, but less is known about how targeted programs of entrepreneurship focused support change the status quo for disadvantaged communities.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is grounded in a mainly inductive, interpretive study and explores the work of an entrepreneurship focused program targeted at refugee participants. The paper reports on intensive fieldwork and in-depth interviews with 23 program participants in London, UK.FindingsThe empirical sections elaborate three key mechanisms supporting greater self-determination and better opportunities: building entrepreneurial intention, building contextual legitimacy and building proximal ties. These mechanisms empower disadvantaged groups to pursue a wide variety of meaningful goals, including but not limited to starting a business.Originality/valueThis paper draws attention to problems of over-emphasizing the disadvantaged entrepreneurs' agency. It uses the vocabulary of self-determination theory (SDT) and offers a psychosocial perspective of the consequences of disadvantage and the potential for entrepreneurship focused programs to build key capacities and improve precarious lives.

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“…There is also evidence that early life experiences mould cognitive and non-cognitive skills that influence subsequent socioeconomic choices (Doyle et al, 2009;Heckman et al, 2013;Heckman, 2006). These findings have contributed to a new line of research to investigate the role of unfavourable personal circumstances in fostering resilience and other necessary skills to successfully enter the labour market via self-employment (Awaworyi Cheng et al, 2021a;Maalaoui et al, 2020;Miller & Le Breton-Miller, 2017;Powell & Baker, 2014;Shepherd & Williams, 2020). Adversity and challenges in life can spark the initiative and tenacity needed for entrepreneurship (Miller & Le Breton-Miller, 2017;Shepherd & Williams, 2020) in response to a major life shock, such as war or famine (Cheng et al, 2021), or as a break from persistent negative circumstances, such as living in poverty (Bruton et al, 2013;Morris et al, 2020a;Sutter et al, 2019).…”

Section: Energy Poverty and Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%