LEISURE ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT BY IMMIGRANT SERIAL/PORTFOLIO AND LIFESTYLE ENTREPRENEURS

Gerry Kerr (), Francine Schlosser and Matias Golob
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Gerry Kerr: Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
Francine Schlosser: Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada
Matias Golob: Centre of Innovation in Health & Wellness, Humber College, 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M9W 5L7, Canada

Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2017, vol. 22, issue 04, 1-25

Abstract: We examine the creation of social capital by serial/portfolio and lifestyle immigrant entrepreneurs through ethnic and sports associations. Interviews with 24 self-employed immigrants to Canada form the basis of a grounded model. Serial/portfolio and lifestyle immigrant entrepreneurs appear to harness ethnic and sports associations through similar means, but it is the speed and intensity with which they combine their activities — and the goals they pursue — that mark their differences. Serial/portfolio entrepreneurs intertwine a denser set of activities more actively to support business generation, resulting in a more diverse matrix of social capital.

Keywords: Immigrant entrepreneurship; serial/portfolio entrepreneur; lifestyle entrepreneur; mixed embeddedness; ethnic and sports associations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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