Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business
Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business
Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under‐researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collected over a seven‐year period, we showcase four biographical narratives of women operating transnational family businesses in the UK that had originated in Eastern Europe. Adopting this novel longitudinal approach, we provide insights into how these transnational migrant women entrepreneurs exercise individual agency to overcome structural constraints by developing strategies that prioritize their own business aspirations without fully sacrificing their family ties.
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Vershinina, Natalia
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Rodgers, Peter
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McAdam, Maura
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Clinton, Eric
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April 2019
Vershinina, Natalia
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Rodgers, Peter
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McAdam, Maura
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Clinton, Eric
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Vershinina, Natalia, Rodgers, Peter, McAdam, Maura and Clinton, Eric
(2019)
Transnational migrant entrepreneurship, gender and family business.
Global Networks, 19 (2), .
(doi:10.1111/glob.12225).
Abstract
Despite increased academic attention paid to migration flows in Europe, the gendered nature of transnational migrant entrepreneurial journeys within the context of a family business remains under‐researched. We address this gap by investigating how transnational spaces allow women to challenge dominant ideas about their roles, and to claim legitimacy by opening branches of their family business abroad. With extensive longitudinal evidence collected over a seven‐year period, we showcase four biographical narratives of women operating transnational family businesses in the UK that had originated in Eastern Europe. Adopting this novel longitudinal approach, we provide insights into how these transnational migrant women entrepreneurs exercise individual agency to overcome structural constraints by developing strategies that prioritize their own business aspirations without fully sacrificing their family ties.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 21 January 2019
Published date: April 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/442396
ISSN: 1470-2266
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