The interface between hospitality and tourism entrepreneurship, integration and well-being: A study of refugee entrepreneurs

Alrawadıeh, Zaid; Altınay, Levent; Çetin, Gürel; Şimşek, Doğuş

doi:10.1016/j.ijhm.2021.103013

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“…In the specific context of refugee entrepreneurs, our findings affirm those of Fong et al (2007); in that, entrepreneurship entails comfort and empowerment, which enhance the well-being of refugees. Overall, the study joins other research endeavors, both in mainstream research on refugees and tourism and hospitality scholarship, highlighting the benefits of refugee entrepreneurship that go beyond the economic outcomes (Wauters and Lambrecht, 2008;Harb et al, 2019;Embiricos, 2020;Alrawadieh et al, 2021). Hence, ventures initiated by refugees can be viewed as transformative organizations (Rosenbaum et al, 2021) that can potentially affect the well-being of refugees themselves, their families and their fellows.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…They also note that opportunity recognition, past experience and recommendation from others were determinant in refugees' choice to venture in the tourism and hospitality industry. Overall, there seems to be consensus that tourism and hospitality usually requires low knowhow and low capital (Alrawadieh et al, 2019;Shneikat and Alrawadieh, 2019) and may allow for more independence and flexibility than other sectors would (Alrawadieh et al, 2021).…”

Section: Tourism and Hospitalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More importantly, while abundant research focuses on the dark side of the refugee crisis on hosting countries’ economies (Tumen, 2016; Baloch et al , 2017) and their tourism industries in particular (Zenker et al , 2019; Tsartas et al , 2020), the present study joins recent limited research highlighting the bright side of refugees’ entrepreneurial endeavors in tourism and hospitality (Alrawadieh et al , 2019; Shneikat and Alrawadieh, 2019). Specifically, the current investigation highlights the role of tourism and hospitality in bringing about positive outcomes to refugees and their hosting countries through entrepreneurship (Alrawadieh et al , 2021), showcasing how the entrepreneurial motives of refugees can be a pathway to favorable perceptions of performance and how the latter can enhance their well-being. Against this background, this study proposes a conceptual model that suggests relationships between contextual and individual entrepreneurial motives, perceptions of entrepreneurial success and life satisfaction.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Yet, despite valuable research endeavors, scholarly discussion on refugee entrepreneurship is still immature (Desai et al, 2021). Specifically, existing theoretical assessments are largely exploratory (Bizri, 2017;Alrawadieh et al, 2019;Harb et al, 2019;Shneikat and Alrawadieh, 2019;Baktir and Watson, 2020;Embiricos, 2020) with little focus on entrepreneurial endeavors of refugees in the tourism and hospitality industry (Shneikat and Alrawadieh, 2019;Alrawadieh et al, 2021). An investigation of refugees in general and refugee entrepreneurship in tourism and hospitality in particular is timely because refugee flows influence the "travelers' experience" of visiting different destinations (Zenker et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Past research delves into the motivations (de la Chaux and Haugh, 2020), barriers (Embiricos, 2020), facilitators (Meister and Mauer, 2019) and success factors (Fong et al , 2007) of refugee entrepreneurs. Recently, there has been growing interest within tourism and hospitality scholarship to address the role of entrepreneurship in tourism in addressing refugee-related issues such as integration and well-being (Alrawadieh et al , 2021). Yet, despite valuable research endeavors, scholarly discussion on refugee entrepreneurship is still immature (Desai et al , 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Entrepreneurial motives, entrepreneurial success and life satisfaction of refugees venturing in tourism and hospitality

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Purpose A burgeoning stream of tourism and hospitality research highlights the role of entrepreneurship in bringing about positive social and economic outcomes for both refugees themselves and their host countries. Yet little has been done so far both in mainstream entrepreneurship research and tourism scholarship to explore how motivations influence perceived entrepreneurial success of refugees and how this eventually affects their subjective well-being. To address this gap, the present study aims to propose and empirically test a conceptual model postulating relationships between contextual and individual entrepreneurial motives, perceptions of entrepreneurial success and life satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on quantitative data collected through 172 surveys of refugee entrepreneurs venturing in different subsectors within tourism and hospitality in Turkey and the UK. A structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test the proposed theoretical model. Findings The results reveal that contextual and individual entrepreneurial motives have a significant positive impact on perceived entrepreneurial success. As predicted, perceived entrepreneurial success is found to have a significant positive impact on life satisfaction. A multigroup analysis involving host country (Turkey vs the UK) and mode of entry (founder vs takeover) indicates no significant difference based on host country, whereas the strength of relationships for takeovers is relatively greater as compared to founders. Practical implications This study advocates that the reductionist approach viewing refugees as temporary “outsiders” who are in consistent need of public provision, and welfare services should not prevail against their ability to achieve self-efficiency through entrepreneurship. Hence, policies need to be oriented toward supporting refugee entrepreneurial activities over various business stages and modes of entry. More importantly, ensuring high success rates among refugee entrepreneurs should be viewed as a pivotal tool to address the well-being of refugees, their families and their fellows. Originality/value While previous research identifies drivers of entrepreneurship success and the potential favorable outcomes, none of these studies empirically models refugee entrepreneurship motives, self-reported entrepreneurial success and life satisfaction as a distinct and growing cohort of entrepreneurs. This study makes significant theoretical contributions to the corpus of literature on the social outcomes of entrepreneurship and provides timely implications for policymakers to use entrepreneurship as a market-based solution to address refugees’ subjective well-being.

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