Navigating ethnic entrepreneurship in religion and culture meld

Sanya Ojo

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 2019, vol. 13, issue 5, 625-646

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine ethnic entrepreneurship within the contexts of religion, cultural hybridity, segregation, diasporic network and enterprise. Design/methodology/approach - The study collected two sets of data from 15 black African respondents/entrepreneurs through face-to-face interviews in London, UK. Findings - Findings point to immigrants’ entrepreneurial adaptation through traditional and dogmatic interpretations of religious beliefs in the informal sector. Originality/value - The paper offers fresh insights into the religion/faith and socio-cultural meld in the sagacity of black African entrepreneurship. Such insights afford great opportunities to construct new sites of meaning or frame new explanations of entrepreneurship among the ethnic group – using religion and culture as important environmental munificence.

Keywords: Religion; Culture; Ethnic entrepreneurship; Black Africans; UK (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/JEC-11-2018-0089

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