Migration and intention to return: entrepreneurial intentions of the diaspora in post-conflict economies

Krasniqi, Besnik A.; Williams, Nick

doi:10.1080/14631377.2018.1505696

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“…These characteristics can then be harnessed to benefit their home country, through the sharing of capital, technical knowledge, expectations of how business should be conducted, direct investment, impacts on wages and the harnessing of entrepreneurial activity (Smallbone et al 2010;World Bank 2016;Hausmann and Nedelkoska 2018). However, harnessing the entrepreneurial intentions of returning migrants can be challenging in environments where institutions are dynamic and changing and where perceptions of risk and lack of trust act as barriers to activity (Nielsen and Riddle 2010;Krasniqi and Williams 2018).…”

Section: External and Internal Migration Of Entrepreneursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internal displacement and external migration in a post-conflict economy: Perceptions of institutions among migrant entrepreneurs

Williams

Efendić

2019

J Int Entrep

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This article examines the trust of institutions among internal and external migrant entrepreneurs in the post-conflict economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing on survey data and in-depth interviews, we find that external migrant entrepreneurs with international experience have lower trust in institutions than internal migrants. This is explained by the comparison of institutions in the country of origin with more stable institutional environments they experienced while being abroad. Consistent with this

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Section: External and Internal Migration Of Entrepreneursmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internal displacement and external migration in a post-conflict economy: Perceptions of institutions among migrant entrepreneurs

Williams

Efendić

2019

J Int Entrep

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“…This study adds to the literature by focusing on homeland return motives and discusses the relationship between initial migration motives and return intention. Numerous studies on homeland return focused on motivational factors, mainly economic (Carling and Pettersen, 2014; Efendic, 2016; Jain, 2013; Krasniqi and Williams, 2018 Tsuda, 2009; Leblang, 2010; Lin, 2010; Maron and Connell, 2008; Qin et al , 2017; Smart and Hsu, 2004; Tezcan, 2018). Other scholars emphasized homeland return beyond economic motivations and suggested that psychological and emotional factors could also influence return decisions (Cerase, 1974; King and Christou, 2014; King et al , 2011b; Kunuroglu et al , 2015; Paparusso and Ambrosetti, 2017; Tezcan, 2018).…”

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Push–pull factors influencing international return migration intentions: a systematic literature review

Mohamed

Abdul‐Talib

2020

JEC

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review motivational factors driving migration return by assessing both push and pull factors that influence return intentions. The study aims to expand current literature of migration return, and proposes a conceptual framework. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was conducted to determine the push–pull factors that influence international return migration. The authors did a comprehensive search of electronic databases using relevant key terms. Findings The findings highlight motivational factors in detail and classify them into three categories: economic, psychological and situational. Most of the literature concerning motives of migration return discussed economic and psychological as the two major factors, but here other motivational factors are presented, which are named as situational factors in this study. Research limitations/implications The paper adopts a systematic literature review method to probe into existing literature, inevitably lacking some empirical studies; thus, the results may not be generalizable. Therefore, future research is suggested to test the proposed propositions. Practical implications The paper offers compelling propositions, which could be a useful reference for migrants’ repatriation motives. It will shed light on motivational factors beyond economic and physiological factors. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to provide a comprehensive review of motivational factors of migration return using push–pull theory and propose beyond psychological and economic factors.

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“…Given that individuals who are internationally mobile can compare different environments for entrepreneurship, this impacts their attitudes to entrepreneurship as well as the degree to which they think they would be able to perform entrepreneurial behavior at a particular location. Thus, the perception of opportunity by the same individual may vary significantly depending on the institutional conditions and environmental cues received at the specific location (Williams & Efendic, 2019;Krasniqi & Williams, 2018) and could in turn influence the perception of opportunity of the others. The next section discusses potential mechanisms of influence by explaining how and why attitudes towards behavior and perceived behavioral control could be changed.…”

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Social influences in cross-border entrepreneurial migration policy

Kautto

2019

J Int Bus Policy

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This paper addresses the possibilities for public policy to stimulate the entrepreneurial perceptions of individuals by leveraging micro-level social influences produced by migrant entrepreneurs. As opposed to the conventional stand according to which entrepreneurial ecosystems can be stimulated by financial, regulative, cognitive and normative mechanisms of influence, the present study suggests that socio-psychological influences enacted by exogenous policy intervention can be used as a mechanism for shifting the entrepreneurial perceptions of individuals. Cross-border entrepreneurial migration is proposed as an instrument for enacting these sociopsychological influences and enabling public policy to benefit from the distinctively different entrepreneurial behaviors of migrant entrepreneurs and local individuals in the host country. The study offers substantial policy implications by extending the theoretical reasoning guiding the stimulation of entrepreneurial ecosystems through public policy intervention, providing discussion of opportunity perception in cross-border context, and offering an alternative socioeconomic perspective on the role of migrant entrepreneurs in the economic life of host countries.

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Migration and intention to return: entrepreneurial intentions of the diaspora in post-conflict economies

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Cited by 25 publications

References 76 publications

Internal displacement and external migration in a post-conflict economy: Perceptions of institutions among migrant entrepreneurs

Internal displacement and external migration in a post-conflict economy: Perceptions of institutions among migrant entrepreneurs

Push–pull factors influencing international return migration intentions: a systematic literature review

Social influences in cross-border entrepreneurial migration policy

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