Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia
Immigrant entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in various perspectives. Yet, their entrepreneurial process has received less attention from the aspect of social capital. This paper intends to explore the role of social capital dimensions (structural, relational, and cognitive) in the entre...
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| author | Zizah Che Senik, Nurul Atasha Jamaludin, Rosmah Mat Isa, |
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| description | Immigrant entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in various perspectives. Yet, their entrepreneurial process
has received less attention from the aspect of social capital. This paper intends to explore the role of social capital
dimensions (structural, relational, and cognitive) in the entrepreneurial process (discovery and exploitation of
opportunity). In-depth interview approach was conducted with six Thai immigrant restaurant-preneurs (TIRps)
in Malaysia. The findings revealed that the structural social capital is the most important dimension for TIRps
highlighting the supports from family and friends which transpired at both stages of the entrepreneurial process.
The study that is based on social capital and entrepreneurial process perspectives also demonstrated the
significance of local consumers’ eating-out habits identified as structural social capital and local preferences for
Thai cuisines identified as cognitive social capital. This signifies the emergence of the Consumer Culture Theory
in research on immigrant entrepreneurship. This study contributes to an integrated model of immigrant
entrepreneurship and a set of propositions. For practicality, the findings provide some guidelines for
policymakers to develop training programmes by leveraging on social capital for further development of
Malaysian entrepreneurs. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:207092022-12-12T06:25:56Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20709/ Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia Zizah Che Senik, Nurul Atasha Jamaludin, Rosmah Mat Isa, Immigrant entrepreneurship has been widely discussed in various perspectives. Yet, their entrepreneurial process has received less attention from the aspect of social capital. This paper intends to explore the role of social capital dimensions (structural, relational, and cognitive) in the entrepreneurial process (discovery and exploitation of opportunity). In-depth interview approach was conducted with six Thai immigrant restaurant-preneurs (TIRps) in Malaysia. The findings revealed that the structural social capital is the most important dimension for TIRps highlighting the supports from family and friends which transpired at both stages of the entrepreneurial process. The study that is based on social capital and entrepreneurial process perspectives also demonstrated the significance of local consumers’ eating-out habits identified as structural social capital and local preferences for Thai cuisines identified as cognitive social capital. This signifies the emergence of the Consumer Culture Theory in research on immigrant entrepreneurship. This study contributes to an integrated model of immigrant entrepreneurship and a set of propositions. For practicality, the findings provide some guidelines for policymakers to develop training programmes by leveraging on social capital for further development of Malaysian entrepreneurs. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20709/1/49458-194330-1-PB.pdf Zizah Che Senik, and Nurul Atasha Jamaludin, and Rosmah Mat Isa, (2022) Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia. Jurnal Pengurusan, 65 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 0127-2713 https://ejournal.ukm.my/pengurusan/issue/view/1547 |
| spellingShingle | Zizah Che Senik, Nurul Atasha Jamaludin, Rosmah Mat Isa, Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title | Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_full | Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_short | Exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in Malaysia |
| title_sort | exploring social capital influencing entrepreneurial process among immigrant entrepreneurs in malaysia |
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