Mindfulness, psychological capital, and refugee entrepreneurial abilities and intentions – the moderating effects of occupational future time perspective DOI
Martin Mabunda Baluku

Small Enterprise Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 33

Published: Nov. 27, 2024

Although extant literature suggests that refugee entrepreneurs are strongly motivated by their precarious economic situation and the challenges they face in labour market, there is evidence personal attributes essential to entrepreneurial agency. The current study assesses role of positive psychological attributes, including mindfulness, capital, occupational future time perspective (OFTP), with process variables, self-efficacy, initiative, intention, implementation intention. A moderated mediation model indicating effects mindfulness on abilities intentions mediated capital OFTP tested. uses survey data from 404 refugees living rural urban settlements Uganda. Regression analysis using PROCESS Macro showed support for hypothesized model. These findings provide preliminary suggesting integrating interventions entrepreneurship promotion can boost action.

Language: Английский

Refugee entrepreneurs: Typologies of emancipation and impact DOI Creative Commons

Cagla Ozgoren,

Mine Karataş‐Özkan, Mustafa F. Özbilgin

et al.

International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 30, 2025

The economic and social impacts of refugee entrepreneurs on host countries are becoming increasingly significant. Drawing interviews with 33 Syrian from different backgrounds in Turkey, we theorise the conditions, mechanisms outcomes individual collective emancipation that garner. Our qualitative study offers two theoretical contributions to literature. First, develop a typology (self-made, political, resource-driven complete emancipation) among identify (i.e. seeking autonomy crafting/strengthening) transform conditions entrepreneurs. Second, demonstrate how fosters empowerment, success positive societal impact. We connect these expansions suggest evidence-based policy practice recommendations integration support emancipatory potential entrepreneurship.

Language: Английский

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A self-anchoring view of forced migrants’ business performance in host countries DOI
Eren Akkan, Burçin Hatipoğlu, Kerem Gurses

et al.

International Business Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 34(3), P. 102419 - 102419

Published: Feb. 26, 2025

Language: Английский

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Exploring the trajectory of migrant entrepreneurship research: BERTopic modeling DOI

T. A. Alka,

M. Suresh,

Raghu Raman

et al.

Journal of Organizational Change Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 21, 2025

Purpose This study aims to explore migrant entrepreneurship research understand its evolution and growing impact. exploration is through a systematic approach analyzing existing works identify the most crucial themes. The focus on themes for building future effectively captures ecosystem provides state-of-the-art literature. Design/methodology/approach 2,142 documents from Scopus database 1995 2024 were considered BERTopic modeling after applying exclusion inclusion criteria guided by PRISMA. Findings Cultural evolution, market changes capital forms influenced transition ethnic enclaves cross-cultural operations developed over years. They face challenges related identity, gender ethnicity. also highlights importance of transnational networks in resource mobility, financial integration immigrant transnationalism. diaspora entrepreneurs promote economic growth, including foreign direct investment connections enhance innovation home nations. governance structure must be flexible, their interaction with significant. international standards decisive critical entrepreneurs. Originality/value novelty this lies comprehensive examination literature understanding current context. underexplored or unexplored areas, particularly resilience refugee mobilization, entrepreneurship, bridging cultural institutional divides, etc. are identified examined.

Language: Английский

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How Inclusive Are Entrepreneurial Ecosystems of Marginalized Business Owners? DOI
Natalia Vershinina

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Navigating Refugee Entrepreneurship in the European Union: Challenges and Future Perspectives DOI
Stefan Lång, Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Jonas Lagerström

et al.

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Where will my future Be? Adaptive sensemaking of refugee camp entrepreneurs in perpetual liminality DOI
Aki Harima,

Crista Plak

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 25

Published: Aug. 11, 2024

Refugees in camps are precarious and perpetual liminal situations that require them to continually make sense of entrepreneurial activities. This study seeks answer the following research questions: How do refugee camp entrepreneurs activities liminality? their individual stories interact with collective narrative entrepreneurship within community? We employed adaptive sensemaking as a theoretical construct conduct an explorative qualitative Somali refugees Umkulu Eritrea. Our found perceive disparity between imaginary future perceived reality liminality making When is small, committed accounts for entrepreneurship. large, however, it harms plausibility cohesiveness existing narratives, which leads sensebreaking eventually prompts look alternative place. Based on findings, we theorize entrepreneurs' liminality. advances scholarly discussions by revealing dynamic interplay conceptualizing

Language: Английский

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Does the underdog theory of entrepreneurship apply to refugees? Scrutinizing the determinants of entrepreneurial intentions of refugees in Portugal DOI

Sajad Noorbakhsh,

Aurora A.C. Teixeira, Ana Brochado

et al.

Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global Economy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(6), P. 1384 - 1414

Published: Oct. 10, 2024

Purpose Refugee entrepreneurship is increasingly viewed as a “silver bullet” being able to promote host countries’ economic performance and enable the successful integration of refugees. This study aims identify main determinants entrepreneurial intentions refugees in Portugal based on underdog theory. Design/methodology/approach In this study, authors scrutinize living Portugal, an overlooked context, using purpose-built inquiry responded by 41 resorting fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, complemented with partial least squares path modeling. Findings Some important results are worth highlighting: respondent sample high; theoretical arguments underlying or challenge-based theory validated context sample; psychological related factors associated more standard explanations constitute necessary conditions for high refugee intentions. Originality/value Entrepreneurial launch business have been discussed literature vastly, but it has not yet received much attention when focusing refugees, often identified underdogs (potential) entrepreneurs. contributes testing primary influencing

Language: Английский

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Empowering Refugee Women in Indonesia: A Case Study of the Liberty Society’s Social Enterprise Initiatives DOI Open Access

Silviya Linnardy,

Selly Novela

Journal of System and Management Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(2)

Published: Jan. 29, 2024

Global refugees are a group of people with ongoing problems that must be addressed, especially by the countries from which they seek protection.The Liberty Society is socioentrepreneurial organization answers challenge how to improve quality life refugees, women.This research investigated refugee empowerment through social entrepreneurship, focusing specifically on case in Indonesia.The purpose study was understand met needs particularly women and enhanced their skills.Using qualitative methods, including interviews observations, explored responsiveness needs, its creation delivery value as enterprise provider, impact livelihoods refugees.The findings revealed provided skill enhancement opportunities access markets for utilizing business model centered around production ecofriendly goods services had purchasers.The contributed both theory practice shedding light potential enterprises empower drive change.By providing insights into role entrepreneurship empowerment, this our understanding can positively lives wider community.

Language: Английский

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Refugees-Owned Enterprises in the ‘New-Found’ Land DOI
Matti Muhos, Martti Saarela, Anna‐Mari Simunaniemi

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Perspectives on development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 169 - 194

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Navigating mixed and simultaneous embeddedness: A case study of refugee entrepreneurship in the restaurant industry DOI
Mohamed Fawzi Afifi,

Jing Xu,

Zaid Alrawadıeh

et al.

International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 124, P. 103964 - 103964

Published: Oct. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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