A narrative analysis of barriers encountered by a sample of immigrant entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

Muchineripi, Justice; Chinyamurindi, Willie T.; Chimucheka, Tendai

doi:10.4102/td.v15i1.556

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“…Second, South Africa is also witnessing a growth in the number of African immigrants (Ndoro et al, 2019). These African immigrants are noted for their entrepreneurial efforts (Muchineripi et al, 2019). A continued need as part of the post-settlement experience is to understand aspects related to the selfemployment journey taken by African immigrants in South Africa.…”

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African immigrants self-employment journey: navigating contextual challenges in South Africa

Muchineripi

Chinyamurindi²,

Chimucheka³

2022

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PurposeThe study explores experiences of African immigrants in their self-employment journey. South Africa has been receiving many African immigrants seeking for socio-economic survival. This presents a gap to understand the self-employment journey of such immigrants post-settlement.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative inquiry is used with semi-structured interviews using a sample of African immigrants based in South Africa. Narrative enquiry was utilised in trying to understand the African immigrant self-employment journey.FindingsThe findings show strategies used by African immigrant entrepreneurs in their self-employment journey. These include immigrant relying on established relationships to respond to contextual challenges. Further, immigrant entrepreneurs turned to borrowing from family, including personal savings and using fronts as a capital generation strategy.Originality/valueBased on the findings strategies are suggested as a useful precursor in advancing understanding of the African immigrant self-employment journey. This becomes useful especially considering ideals for assisting post-settlement of migrants.

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African immigrants self-employment journey: navigating contextual challenges in South Africa

Muchineripi

Chinyamurindi²,

Chimucheka³

2022

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“…The motivational factors attest to the interacting set of factors between the individual and their environment as motivating their entrance into the agricultural space. The set in tone the path for motivation into a career path (McMahon et al, 2015) and attested to the open system that influences behaviour (Muchineripi et al, 2019). The change over time, as framed in the STF, appears to be evident in this study (Chinyamurindi, 2016a).…”

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“…In the STF, the main argument is that individual career development is part of a set of interacting factors specific to the individual and within an environmental context (McMahon et al, 2015). This makes the STF be premised on an open system that feeds into each other (Muchineripi et al, 2019). In such a system, the influence of the individual and contextual issues may change over time (Chinyamurindi, 2016a).…”

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Motivational factors into agriculture as a career path: narratives of Black emerging farmers as entrepreneurs in South Africa

Mpetile

Chinyamurindi

2021

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Purpose The transformation of the agricultural landscape is deemed as an essential nation-building priority in post-democratic South Africa. Part of the activity of transformation is affording disenfranchised groups opportunity to participate in careers where they were excluded. The purpose of the study is to investigate the motivational factors that influenced emerging Black farmers as entrepreneurs to choose agriculture as a career path in post-democratic South Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview technique. The sample comprised of 29 emerging Black entrepreneurs working within the agriculture context in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Findings Upon analysis, the individual stories of Black emerging farmers as entrepreneurs showed the role of personal influences; the community; the quest for financial influence through economic sustenance; and socio-economic influences as playing a part in informing career entrance into agriculture amongst the Black emerging farmers. Research limitations/implications A limitation, familiar with qualitative research, concerns the use of a small sample size. However, a strength of the study is the in-depth focus, especially through interviews lasting a minimum of 1 h. Practical implications This study answers the call for a contemporary understanding of career processes in professions such as agriculture that have not received attention. This can be a practical basis to encourage more recent entrants into occupations and entrepreneurial pursuits that have been restricted. This study thus offers a practical basis for career counselling interventions in the agricultural space. This includes farmer training and development opportunities and provision of financial support to Black farmers. Social implications The findings offer insight into the role of a range of socially embedded factors and how they influence occupational aspirations and individuals fulfilling their entrepreneurial pursuits. Originality/value This study ignites focus into an under-researched area, especially on the African continent.

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“…Second, the economic integration of the IEs' businesses, represented by their sectoral-class order (e.g., Barrett et al 2002), constitutes a crucial barrier to their formal financial accessibility. Third, the lack of governmental help and support (e.g., Muchineripi et al 2019;Van Delft et al 2000) impedes IEs' access to necessary financial resources. Fourth, IEs are faced with demographic discrimination in the formal credit market, which leads to a high denial rate of their loan applications based on ethnicity, race, gender, age, and socioeconomic class (e.g., Abbasian and Yazdanfar 2013; Aldén and Hammarstedt 2016; J.…”

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“…The field's discussion about the antecedents to the financing decisions reveals some weaknesses. First, the field primarily focuses on the general antecedent factors that are usually accounted for when it comes to dealing with financing on the supply and demand sides, regardless of the IEs per se, for instance, factors related to creditworthiness and financial adequacy, such as technical risks (e.g., Fraser 2009;Muchineripi et al 2019; see more in Table 5), personal-and business-related characteristics (e.g., Bates 1997;Biggs et al 2002;Rouse and Jayawarna 2011;Smallbone et al 2003;Yazdanfar and Abbasian 2014; see more in Table 5), and the personal and family wealth (e.g., Haynes et al 2008;Ruiz-Vargas 2000;Sanders and Nee 1996; see more in Table 5), besides ownership-related factors, such as the dilution effect of external financing (e.g., Frid 2014; Kushnirovich and Heilbrunn 2008;Moghaddam et al 2017; see more in Table 5). These factors apply for all economic players, including IEs, when dealing with a financing inquiry at the supply and demand sides.…”

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The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a literature review

2020

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There is an increasing interest in the phenomenon of immigrant entrepreneurship. Despite the growing number of studies, the financing aspect of immigrant entrepreneurship is still an emergent subject. In this paper, we critically and systematically review the field of the entrepreneurial financing of immigrant entrepreneurs. For this purpose, we conduct a two-step analysis of 37 systematically selected articles. In the first step, we provide an overall description of the field, while in the second step we perform a SWOT analysis on different aspects of the field, including the units of analysis, the main questions, and the use of theories and methods in the field. The review identifies gaps and weaknesses in the field, suggests potential opportunities for future research, and highlights some threats that could impede the implementation of future opportunities. Finally, the review suggests further questions to be explored for future advancement of knowledge in the field.

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A narrative analysis of barriers encountered by a sample of immigrant entrepreneurs in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

Cited by 18 publications

References 53 publications

African immigrants self-employment journey: navigating contextual challenges in South Africa

African immigrants self-employment journey: navigating contextual challenges in South Africa

Motivational factors into agriculture as a career path: narratives of Black emerging farmers as entrepreneurs in South Africa

The entrepreneurial financing of the immigrant entrepreneurs: a literature review

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