The effect of social capital on the development of the social identity of agritourist entrepreneur: A qualitative approach

Khazami, Nesrine; Nefzi, Ayoub; Jaouadi, Mohamed

doi:10.1080/23311886.2020.1787680

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“…The sampling of this study is for convenience (companies and HEI), as only companies that were registered in the tourism of Portugal (https://registos.turismodeportugal.pt/, accessed on 15 February 2019) and that had already started their business more than a year ago were contacted (Khazami et al 2020). We sent the questionnaire to 40 companies that met these criteria.…”

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Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry: An Empirical Study of SMEs in Portugal

Lopes

Oliveira

Lopes³

et al. 2021

Social Sciences

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The present study aims to investigate how commercialisation and knowledge transfer between the SMEs of the tourism sector and the higher education institutions (HEIs) are made, as well as to find out whether the SMEs of the tourism sector are part of tourism networks, and what their motivations are. We used a qualitative methodology, applying the triangulation method to eight SMEs and one HEI. The results indicate that the commercialisation and knowledge transfer between the SMEs and the HEIs are not effective. SMEs are part of regional networks of business innovation; however, they do not participate in R&D activities with HEIs. Some suggestions were made to SMEs, HEIs, and regional governments to speed up commercialisation and knowledge transfer in the tourism sector. We adapted the Triple Helix Model to the tourism sector, thus creating the “Triple Helix in the Tourism Context”. Only a few studies have researched knowledge commercialisation in the tourism sector, a gap that this article aims to compensate.

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Section: Data Collectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry: An Empirical Study of SMEs in Portugal

Lopes

Oliveira

Lopes³

et al. 2021

Social Sciences

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“…Respondents' high levels of social capital in its three dimensions (relational, cognitive, structural) suggest that associations are suitable to foster a sense of community among their members. In the context of agritourism, all these forms of social capital are essential to strengthen the farmers' entrepreneurial identity and cooperation among stakeholders, which ultimately increase the chances of business success [48,53]. Such sense of community creates a propitious environment in members' benefit, which is especially relevant in rural tourism [42].…”

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“…Although the examination of social capital in the context of tourism has increased in recent years, it is still under-investigated [47]. Such scarcity in research is even more pronounced in the context of niche tourism and especially related to agritourism [48,49]. Most of the existing literature has focused on the synergistic relationships between social capital and community development in tourism destinations, indicating overall positive effects [33,50].…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…That is, either finding a positive relationship of cohesive communities on the success of tourism endeavors (e.g., [42,51]) or the impact of tourism development in increasing community social capital (e.g., [52]). In the context of agritourism, social capital strengthens the entrepreneurial identity [48] and the chances of success [53] of their operators. It is also imperative that businesses in agritourism destinations encourage bonding social capital with local residents as this can expand their customer base [49].…”

Section: Social Capitalmentioning

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Demystifying Members’ Social Capital and Networks within an Agritourism Association: A Social Network Analysis

Barbieri

2020

Tourism and Hospitality

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Membership associations are vital to build social capital and networks among their members through the exchange of information and resources, roles especially valuable for emerging entrepreneurs. That is the case of associations catering to professionals in agritourism, an enterprise bringing farming and tourism together. However, whether the exchange of information and resources among members holds true within agritourism associations is yet to be known. Filling this knowledge gap is critical given the stated benefits agritourism delivers to society and farmers’ necessity to expand their business networks to increase entrepreneurial success. Therefore, this study evaluated the extent of social capital and networks within a prominent agritourism-focused association in North America. Data were collected from members using a web-based survey in 2016. Analyses included descriptive statistical tests and Social Network Analysis (SNA). Results showed high levels of social capital among members, especially related to its relational dimension (e.g., share professional advice), as well as strong bi-directional (to/from) trust, cooperation, and reciprocity among members. SNA indicated members were well connected and had a healthy information exchange, without the organization intervention. Study results are discussed to provide managerial intelligence towards strengthening social capital and networks within associations catering to agritourism and other niche-tourism professionals.

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“…4.1.4 Miscellaneous. Other enablers of RHT entrepreneurship include local support (Ateljevic, 2009;Qu et al, 2020), the social capital of the entrepreneur (Khazami et al, 2020;Ngoasong and Kimbu, 2016), family support (Ainley, 2014;, inheritance (Barbieri, 2013), effective networking (Lovelock et al, 2010;Schmitz and Lekane Tsobgou, 2016;Shen et al, 2019;Truong, 2020), built capital or shared infrastructure (Kline et al, 2019), strong visionary leader entrepreneurs (Moscardo, 2014), entrepreneurial and spatial bricolage (Yachin and Ioannides, 2020), an education level (Haugen and Jostein, 2008), business flexibility (Li et al, 2018), farm resource slack (Kristensen et al, 2019;McGehee and Kim, 2004) and technologies such as the internet (Andreopoulou et al, 2017;van der Merwe et al, 2013). Furthermore, the egonetworks of entrepreneurs and resource providers can also act as enablers or barriers (Yachin, 2020).…”

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Entrepreneurship in rural hospitality and tourism. A systematic literature review of past achievements and future promises

Madanaguli

Kaur

Bresciani

et al. 2021

IJCHM

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Purpose Entrepreneurship in the rural hospitality and tourism sector (RHT) has received wide attention in the past decade. However, a systematic review on this topic is currently lacking. This study aims to track the progress of the RHT and entrepreneurship literature by examining the various thematic research areas, identifying the research gaps and forecasting avenues of future research on the topic. Design/methodology/approach This paper catalogs and synthesizes the body of literature from the year 2000–2020 using a systematic literature review methodology. After discussing a brief history of RHT and entrepreneurship, the current study presents a review of 101 research articles. Findings The review highlights that RHT and entrepreneurship have received relatively limited attention from entrepreneurship journals. The content analysis revealed different gaps and limitations in the understanding of entrepreneurship in RHT, including a predominance of qualitative studies with limited theoretically-grounded and generalizable empirical studies. Furthermore, a high concentration of studies is from European countries. Six main thematic research areas were identified, namely, barriers and enablers, the roles of an entrepreneur, women in RHT, influencers of firm performance, innovation and value creation and methodological commonalities. The review also advances an RHT entrepreneurship ecosystem framework to summarize the findings. Originality/value Six promising research avenues are outlined based on the six themes identified. The suggested research questions draw from allied literature on small and medium businesses, innovation, women entrepreneurship and institutions to encourage the interdisciplinary cross-pollination of ideas. The findings are summarized in a novel research framework.

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The effect of social capital on the development of the social identity of agritourist entrepreneur: A qualitative approach

Cited by 17 publications

References 37 publications

Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry: An Empirical Study of SMEs in Portugal

Networks, Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in Tourism Industry: An Empirical Study of SMEs in Portugal

Demystifying Members’ Social Capital and Networks within an Agritourism Association: A Social Network Analysis

Entrepreneurship in rural hospitality and tourism. A systematic literature review of past achievements and future promises

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