Informal refugee entrepreneurship: Narratives of economic empowerment
Jordan hosts a total of 1.4 million Syrian refugees. This exploratory, qualitative study presents the narratives of five Syrian refugees engaged in informal entrepreneurship in Jordan. It aims to provide a better understanding of their motives and the challenges they faced as they tried to create ho...
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| author | Mehtap, Salime |
| author2 | Al Saidi, Abdulghafoor |
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| author_facet | Mehtap, Salime Al Saidi, Abdulghafoor |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Mehtap, Salime Al Saidi, Abdulghafoor |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2019 2021-11-04T11:28:01Z 2021-11-04T11:28:01Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | Mehtap S., Al-Saidi A.G. (2019) Informal Refugee Entrepreneurship: Narratives of Economic Empowerment. In: Ramadani V., Dana LP., Ratten V., Bexheti A. (eds) Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/7579 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_15 |
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| description | Jordan hosts a total of 1.4 million Syrian refugees. This exploratory, qualitative study presents the narratives of five Syrian refugees engaged in informal entrepreneurship in Jordan. It aims to provide a better understanding of their motives and the challenges they faced as they tried to create home-based business in a patriarchal and conservative context. Purposeful sampling was employed to recruit participants. A semi structured interview guide was used to interview the refugees. Content analysis was used to identify recurring themes present in the data and amongst refugee narratives. Refugee motivations were a combination of push and pull factors whereas, finding start-up capital, hostility from locals and work-life balance were cited as the major challenges faced. The study highlights how entrepreneurship can be used as a means of survival and economic empowerment under dire circumstances. It also draws attention to how these types of activities may help relieve the economic burden of host communities. |
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| spelling | Informal refugee entrepreneurship: Narratives of economic empowermentMehtap, SalimeAl Saidi, AbdulghafoorJordan hosts a total of 1.4 million Syrian refugees. This exploratory, qualitative study presents the narratives of five Syrian refugees engaged in informal entrepreneurship in Jordan. It aims to provide a better understanding of their motives and the challenges they faced as they tried to create home-based business in a patriarchal and conservative context. Purposeful sampling was employed to recruit participants. A semi structured interview guide was used to interview the refugees. Content analysis was used to identify recurring themes present in the data and amongst refugee narratives. Refugee motivations were a combination of push and pull factors whereas, finding start-up capital, hostility from locals and work-life balance were cited as the major challenges faced. The study highlights how entrepreneurship can be used as a means of survival and economic empowerment under dire circumstances. It also draws attention to how these types of activities may help relieve the economic burden of host communities.Springer, Cham2021-11-04T11:28:01Z2021-11-04T11:28:01Z2019Book Chapterinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionMehtap S., Al-Saidi A.G. (2019) Informal Refugee Entrepreneurship: Narratives of Economic Empowerment. In: Ramadani V., Dana LP., Ratten V., Bexheti A. (eds) Informal Ethnic Entrepreneurship. Springer, Chamhttps://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/7579https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_15oai:dspace.auk.edu.kw:11675/75792023-08-13T06:20:01Z |
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| title_full | Informal refugee entrepreneurship: Narratives of economic empowerment |
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| title_short | Informal refugee entrepreneurship: Narratives of economic empowerment |
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| url | https://dspace.auk.edu.kw/handle/11675/7579 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-99064-4_15 |