Indigenous culture and entrepreneurship in small businesses in Australia

Collins, Jock; Morrison, Michael A.; Basu, Pakikshit Kumar; Krivokapic-Skoko, Branka

doi:10.1080/13215906.2017.1289855

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“…These factors may result in the development of homogenous products that do not reflect the cultural differences of tourism operators [32] and in low levels of demand for Aboriginal tourism products [38]. Racism and legitimacy issues also act as inhibitors to the growth of Aboriginal enterprises [36,39,40], and Ruhanen [36] recommends that further research be conducted in this context to understand how to dispel poor perceptions of Aboriginal tourism enterprises in the marketplace and promote their long-term success.…”

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“…However, Aboriginal entrepreneurs are more likely to measure success using a mix of tangible and intangible measures, rather than focusing on financial success alone. They have a stronger focus on social aims, such as creating Aboriginal jobs or contributing to the community [39], and are more likely to employ Aboriginal people [21]. Aboriginal enterprises also provide opportunities for employees to use their cultural capital, act as ambassadors and dispel stereotypes [55,56].…”

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“…Finally, research has identified that Aboriginal entrepreneurs are not a homogenous group; they have diverse needs, and more flexible government support is needed to meet them [39,57]. In addition, management education that supports Aboriginal people in enterprise needs to include Aboriginal perspectives [58].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As previously mentioned, many studies have identified inhibitors that can impact the success of Aboriginal enterprises in remote Australia, including limited social, economic, cultural and symbolic capital [39,47]. However, little consideration has been given to identifying how Aboriginal enterprises overcome these barriers.…”

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“…One reason for this may be that researching small enterprises in remote areas comes with challenges such as access, relationship building and the role of academia in producing results that identify meaningful impacts for already busy businesspeople being generous with their time. Research that considers how to overcome this issue from the perspective of both Aboriginal stakeholders [36] and non-Aboriginal partners or stakeholders who help to bridge capital gaps [39] is therefore required. Such research would provide valuable insights from successful Aboriginal enterprises operating in these areas [31] and would be key to supporting the growth of sustainable Aboriginal tourism enterprises in remote Australia.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Identifying Business Practices Promoting Sustainability in Aboriginal Tourism Enterprises in Remote Australia

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Aboriginal tourism entrepreneurs operating in remote regions of Australia draw on their 60,000 years of heritage to offer unique and distinct cultural experiences to domestic and international tourists. Living and operating in remote climates presents challenges to achieving successful and sustainable enterprises, including extreme weather, substandard infrastructure, distance from policy makers, distance from markets and the commercialisation of culture, which is customarily owned by and for use by traditional custodians, to produce and deliver a market-ready tourism product. However, many remote Aboriginal tourism entrepreneurs nevertheless achieve success and sustainability. This paper builds on the work of Foley to identify the characteristics of successful remote Aboriginal tourism enterprises and Aboriginal entrepreneurs in remote areas and the resourceful and creative business practices used by remote Aboriginal entrepreneurs to overcome barriers to success and finds that ongoing connections to community and culture are a key factor in that success. It also draws on the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals to identify how the characteristics of remote tourism entrepreneurs and enterprises promote or inhibit the achievement of sustainability and suggests that they offer a framework for effective support of remote Aboriginal entrepreneurs. It concludes by noting that the industry would benefit from further investigation of the contributions made to sustainability by remote Aboriginal tourism enterprises and their stakeholders.

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The importance of understanding Indigenous employment in the Indigenous business sector

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Bodle,

Foley

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Aust J Social Issues

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Indigenous employment has been the subject of numerous policies in Australia, with governments aiming to increase the workforce participation rate amongst Indigenous people in recent years. Indigenous‐owned businesses, formally defined as businesses that are at least 50% Indigenous‐owned, have been demonstrated in previous research to maintain substantially higher levels of proportional Indigenous employment than non‐Indigenous businesses. This suggests that Indigenous‐owned businesses maintain work environments that are more supportive of and conducive to Indigenous employment, meriting the influence of Indigenous‐owned businesses' workplace practices in future Indigenous employment policy design. Using administrative data from two Indigenous business registries (Black Business Finder and Supply Nation), this paper provides an updated empirical analysis of the Indigenous business sector. This paper demonstrates that Indigenous‐owned businesses of all sizes, industries, locations and profit statuses consistently average proportional Indigenous employment rates higher than the Indigenous proportional population. Of all the people employed in Supply Nation‐listed businesses, over 35% are Indigenous. The potential impact of the Indigenous Procurement Policy is illustrated by differentials in the size of businesses and their capacity to employ Indigenous staff. This paper provides analysis of the Indigenous business sector that can inform future policy direction for both Indigenous employment and Indigenous business policies.

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