The (Mixed) Motivations of Those Engaged in Enterprise and Experiencing Poverty
Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
ISBN: 978-1-80071-451-9, eISBN: 978-1-80071-450-2
Publication date: 17 January 2022
Abstract
This chapter evaluates the motivations that inform engagement in enterprise creation and operation by individuals experiencing poverty. An in-depth, empirical qualitative exploration of motives for enterprise amongst a sample of 42 people in the UK who are experiencing poverty conditions is presented. The results demonstrate that traditional push–pull thinking about enterprise motivation lacks nuance, specifically that the financial motive previously assumed to be prioritised in a context of resource deficit, in this research it was not. Second, push–pull motivations and intersections with intrinsic–extrinsic motivations are mapped, creating and developing a more refined understanding of enterprise motivations. Third, contexts and circumstances are recurrent factors reflexively informing motivations of those experiencing poverty and engaging in enterprise creation and operation.
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Citation
Kapasi, I., Stirzaker, R., Galloway, L., Jackman, L. and Mihut, A. (2022), "The (Mixed) Motivations of Those Engaged in Enterprise and Experiencing Poverty", Pickernell, D.G., Battisti, M., Dann, Z. and Ekinsmyth, C. (Ed.) Disadvantaged Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. 14), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 11-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-724620220000014002
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:Emerald Publishing Limited
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