Blow-ins, locals, and natives: socio-cultural embeddedness in Ireland's Gaeltachts

Bryan T. Stinchfield and Emer Ní Bhrádaigh

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2016, vol. 28, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: When making comparisons to native (aka 'indigenous') entrepreneurs, existent research largely treats rural newcomer entrepreneurs (aka 'in-migrants') as a mostly homogenous group. However, our investigation into the nature and pattern of entrepreneurs' socio-cultural embeddedness in rural Ireland found two distinct patterns of newcomers' approaches to embedding. We conducted a qualitative, multiple-case study of 11 entrepreneurs in Ireland's Gaeltachts, rural regions where both English and a minority language, Irish, are spoken and found that the existence and usage of a minority language affects newcomers' embedding into these unique contexts. This study's contribution is an empirically grounded typology based on three distinct patterns of socio-cultural embeddedness, thus challenging the homogeneity of newcomers' assumption.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; small business; socio-cultural embeddedness; qualitative; case study; culture; rural communities; indigenous entrepreneurs; newcomers; minority languages; Ireland; Gaeltachts; typology; newcomer entrepreneurs; in-migrants; rural areas. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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