The Entrepreneurial Alertness of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in South Africa

Fatoki, Olawale

doi:10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p722

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“…This broadens the experience width and business horizon of entrepreneurial teams (Li, 2013), helps to explore potential entrepreneurial opportunities in multiple industries and fields simultaneously, and enriches entrepreneurial teams' entrepreneurial cognition of different entrepreneurial opportunities. So it accelerates the entrepreneurial and cognitive construction of ideas, models, and paths for new ventures (Fatoki, 2014) and points out the direction of entrepreneurial bricolage for creative integration and utilizing existing resources. Therefore, large-scale scanning and search provide more directional options for improvised and planned bricolage and promote the entrepreneurial assemblage activities of new ventures.…”

Section: Entrepreneurial Alertness and Entrepreneurial Bricolagementioning

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Impact of different types of entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial opportunities identification

Jiang

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Front. Psychol.

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In the context of resource constraints, how different dimensions of entrepreneurial alertness affect the entrepreneurial opportunity recognition of new ventures is an important issue worth studying. From entrepreneurial cognition theory and bricolage theory perspectives, we systematically investigate the intrinsic relationships among entrepreneurial alertness, entrepreneurial bricolage, entrepreneurial passion, and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Further, it explored the intrinsic mechanism of role in exploring entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. This study applied stepwise regression analyses and the Bootstrap method to test the hypotheses on a sample of 295 questionnaires of the new venture. The findings revealed that entrepreneurial alertness is positively related to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Entrepreneurial bricolage is positively related to entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Entrepreneurial bricolage partially mediates between entrepreneurial alertness and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition. Entrepreneurial passion positively moderates the relationship between entrepreneurial bricolage and entrepreneurial opportunity identification. The study guides new ventures to enhance entrepreneurial alertness and reasonably use entrepreneurial bricolage to explore entrepreneurial opportunities.

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Section: Entrepreneurial Alertness and Entrepreneurial Bricolagementioning

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Impact of different types of entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial opportunities identification

Jiang

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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“…The role that immigrants play in the economic development of a country is well acknowledged (Ekwulugo, 2006;DeLancey, 2014;Fatoki, 2014;Marchand & Siegel, 2014;Khosa & Kalitanyi, 2015). Immigrants are widely perceived to be highly entrepreneurial; contributing to economic growth and innovation (Hohn, 2012;Marchand & Siegel, 2014), with self-employment often viewed as a means of enhancing labour market integration and success (Beaujot, Maxim, & Zhao, 1994;Bogan & Darity, 2008;Douglas & Shepherd, 2002;Portes & Zhou, 1996).…”

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“…Hence, the immigrant SMEs cannot be an exception, even though their contributions continues to be underrepresented in the academic literature. Studies conducted in Africa mainly focus on factors that contribute to or impede immigrant entrepreneurial development (Mubangizi & Mubangizi, 2005;Radipere, 2012;Tengeh, Ballard, & Slabbert, 2012;Fatoki, 2014;Khosa & Kalitanyi, 2014;Asoba & Tengeh, 2016). However, there increasingly appear concerns about immigrants' contributions to the South African economy (Ojong, 2006).…”

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African Immigrant Entrepreneurs in South Africa: Exploring Their Economic Contributions

Ngota¹,

Rajkaran²,

Mang’unyi³

2019

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The objective of this article is to determine the economic opportunities created by African immigrant entrepreneurs in South Africa. Furthermore, it is to investigate the impact that Afrophobia has on economic opportunities created by African immigrant entrepreneurs in South Africa. Research Design & Methods:The text utilizes a mixed-methods approach that incorporates both self-administered questionnaire and qualitative in-depth interviews. Through a random sampling approach and snowballing technique, this study combines data from questionnaires of 153 participants and in-depth interviews with 12 respondents. Findings: The findings confirm that immigrant SMEs fill economic gaps by contributing to innovation and technology developments. Such commercial migrants pay taxes, thus adding to the economy of the country. Challenges faced by African immigrant entrepreneurs are not few but centre on Afrophobic and xenophobic attacks which negatively impact business operations and economic growth. Implications & Recommendations: Sound measures by the government regarding immigration could minimize existing tensions, stimulate local skills development, technology development and transfer, new business opportunities, and improve inclusion into the globalised economy. Contribution & Value Added: This study is unique in that it contributes to our knowledge and literature on immigrant entrepreneurship while particularly providing insights into African immigrants' contributions to a national economy. Article type:research article

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The Entrepreneurial Alertness of Immigrant Entrepreneurs in South Africa

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Impact of different types of entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial opportunities identification

Impact of different types of entrepreneurial alertness on entrepreneurial opportunities identification

African Immigrant Entrepreneurs in South Africa: Exploring Their Economic Contributions

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