How to Integrate Refugees Into the Workforce – Different Opportunities for (Social) Entrepreneurship

Freudenberg, Julia; Halberstadt, Jantje

doi:10.7172/1644-9584.73.3

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“…One reason for the rapidly growing interest is the stringent necessity to facilitate the economic integration of refugees in the host country (Karakas 2015). Scholars consider entrepreneurship as a useful but frequently necessary option for refugees to integrate themselves into the economic systems and societies of host countries (Collins 2017;Freudenberg and Halberstadt 2018). While both public and private sectors have made substantial efforts to facilitate the employment of newly arriving refugees in the European Union (EU), refugees commonly suffer from the socalled "refugee gap" (Bakker et al 2017;Connor 2010;Easton-Calabria and Omata 2016) or "canvas ceiling" (Lee et al 2020), which hypothesizes that labor-market disadvantages exist for refugees.…”

Section: Refugee Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In recent years, scholars have paid attention to the entrepreneurial potential of refugees (Betts et al 2014;Bizri 2017;Shepherd et al 2020;Wauters and Lambrecht 2008). Researchers have studied different aspects of refugee entrepreneurship, such as social capital (Bizri 2017;Mboko 2020;Yassine et al 2019), innovations created by refugees (Betts and Bloom 2015), entrepreneurial intention (Alexandre et al 2019;Mawson and Kasem 2019), barriers that refugees face in the host country (Alrawadieh et al 2018;Kachkar 2018;Wauters and Lambrecht 2008), support programs for refugee entrepreneurs (Harima et al 2019;Meister and Mauer 2019), social entrepreneurship for and by refugees (Freudenberg and Halberstadt 2018), and psychological factors such as resilience and hope (Freiling and Harima 2019;Shepherd et al 2020).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework

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Recently, the entrepreneurial potential of refugees has received growing attention from scholars and policymakers. However, the literature on refugee entrepreneurship suffers from the fragmentation of previous research findings, which has been mainly attributed to the fact that refugees have heterogeneous backgrounds. Tackling this challenge, this study conceptualized the framework for the multiple embeddedness of refugee entrepreneurs by applying and extending the concept of mixed embeddedness. Based on 50 semi-structured interviews with refugee entrepreneurs who relocated to Germany, France, and Ireland, we identified six patterns in which refugees’ multiple embeddedness and their actions as entrepreneurial agencies interacted to develop entrepreneurial opportunities: (i) value creation with homeland resources, (ii) acting as transnational middleman minorities, (iii) integration facilitation, (iv) qualification transfers, (v) homeland-problem solving, and (vi) creative innovation. This study contributes to the literature on refugee entrepreneurship by considering multiple contexts in which refugees can be embedded in and by elaborating on the interactions between opportunity structure emerging within the multiple embeddedness, actions, and capabilities of refugees as entrepreneurial agencies.

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Section: Refugee Entrepreneurshipmentioning

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Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework

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“…Even though the combination of entrepreneurship and refugees' socioeconomic integration into the host community seem to be a promising approach, research on these issues is scarce. Many researchers have begun to explore different possibilities and ideas about this, some of them pointing out to vocational participation as being a vital factor for successful integration into the society (Freudenberg and Halberstadt, 2018). The state too has a role in supporting and channelizing the socioeconomic integration of immigrants.…”

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Deciphering the motives, barriers and integration of Syrian refugee entrepreneurs into Turkish society: a SEM approach

Almohammad

Durrah

Ahmed

2021

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Purpose This study/paper aims to explore the effect of motives and barriers of Syrian refugee entrepreneurs on social and economic integration into Turkish society. Design/methodology/approach Using a convenience sampling technique, data was collected using a questionnaire from 300 Syrian entrepreneurs who have entrepreneurial ventures in Turkey. The collected data was analyzed using structural equation modeling through an AMOS software. Findings The results of this study indicate a significant influence of both individual and contextual motives on integration into Turkish society. However, the individual and contextual barriers do not appear to affect integration. Originality/value This research contributes to the literature investigating the motives and barriers in relation to social and economic integration into Turkish society.

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“…Selain daripada itu, perusahaan sosial juga turut membantu golongan pelarian terutamanya dalam memberi peluang pekerjaan. Ini disebabkan golongan pelarian mempunyai cabaran dari segi kemahiran bahasa atau mempunyai kesulitan dalam kelayakan yang diperlukan oleh pihak majikan (Freudenberg & Halberstadt, 2018). Perusahaan sosial berpotensi untuk melengkapi dan mempercepatkan keperluan pelarian yang belum atau tidak dapat dipenuhi oleh pihak yang berkaitan (Harima & Freudenberg, 2019).…”

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“…Dalam erti kata lain, menerusi perusahaan sosial ini ia mewujudkan nilai sosial dan membantu penyesuaian pelarian dengan kehidupan masyarakat setempat dengan penyelesaian yang lebih lestari (Mollaogullari & Temel, 2017). Keadaan ini adalah disebabkan oleh sesetengah daripada mereka mungkin mengalami trauma atau kekurangan kemahiran pekerjaan yang diperlukan di negara tuan rumah mereka (Freudenberg & Halberstadt, 2018).…”

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Impak perusahaan sosial terhadap pembangunan komuniti rentan dan alam sekitar di Malaysia

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Social enterprise is a model of solving various problems through its enterprise elements that are widely applied by the whole world to develop the well-being of the global community. This situation also makes this social enterprise can contribute to a community through the goals developed in the social enterprise. However, how well does this enterprise contribute to the development of a community such as curbing social injustice are subjected to explore. Therefore, the objective of this article is to identify the impact of the social enterprises to the community in Malaysia. This study is a preliminary study and uses a qualitative approach through face-to-face interview methods. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with three informants of social enterprise owners. Interview narratives were analyzed using thematic methods with the help of Atlas.ti software. The results of the study have identified 31 basic themes, eight main themes, and three emerging categories. The three categories that have been identified in achieving the objectives include a) through helping the vulnerable, b) improving the economy through increasing income, as well as c) assisting in preserving and conserving the environment. However, the findings through these categories do not cover the whole aspect, especially for contributions in the welfare aspect that can be further enhanced. The results of the analysis also found that the goal of social enterprise is less emphasis on issues to curb social inequality. A social enterprise has no problem if they only make certain contributions for a short period of time. However, in the long run, the goals of entrepreneurs' social responsibility towards social welfare and social inequality are recommended to be developed through social innovation instruments.

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How to Integrate Refugees Into the Workforce – Different Opportunities for (Social) Entrepreneurship

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework

Entrepreneurial Opportunities of Refugees in Germany, France, and Ireland: Multiple Embeddedness Framework

Deciphering the motives, barriers and integration of Syrian refugee entrepreneurs into Turkish society: a SEM approach

Impak perusahaan sosial terhadap pembangunan komuniti rentan dan alam sekitar di Malaysia

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