Bika, Zografia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2970-2941 and Redhead, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3453-6439 (2024) Entreprenerial Refuseniks and the Strategies of ‘Little Earners’ in Deprived Communities. In: Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2024 (1). Academy of Management, Chicago. ISBN 0065-0668
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Abstract
The greater levels of inequality adversely affecting developed Western economies in recent years has largely burdened the underprivileged. Engaging in context-sensitive theorising and challenging the preference of dominant ideal entrepreneurial types, we investigate how entrepreneurship manifests within deprived social housing neighbourhoods in a developed nation context. We introduce the notion of ‘little earners’ as a distinct manifestation of enterprise undertaken by entrepreneurial refuseniks – individuals who ‘refuse what they are refused’ and whose everyday entrepreneurial activity may not follow the societal letter of the law – to ameliorate contextual constraints and financial hardship. Drawing attention to how this activity is firmly place-based, our study questions the relevance of ‘one size fits all’ micro-enterprise support and entrepreneurial policy, especially concerning the standardisation of welfare benefits.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | deprivation,entrepreneurship,place,social housing,sdg 10 - reduced inequalities ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/reduced_inequalities |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Marketing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Migration Research Network Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2024 16:30 |
Last Modified: | 24 Sep 2024 08:28 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/96674 |
DOI: | 10.5465/AMPROC.2024.76bp |
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