Gurkha Warriors as Entrepreneurs in Britain: A Social Anchoring Lens on Martial Heritage and Migrant Enterprises
Authors: Adhikari, P., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Arun, S. and Arun, T.
Journal: Work Employment and Society
Volume: 37
Issue: 5
Pages: 1359-1376
eISSN: 1469-8722
ISSN: 0950-0170
DOI: 10.1177/09500170221080394
Abstract:Using the social anchoring approach, this article investigates the entrepreneur experience of one of the newest migrant groups in Britain, the Nepali Gurkhas. The findings derived from the semi-structured interviews show how these migrant entrepreneurs employ multiple ‘anchors’ to engage in family-based enterprises and to navigate structural constraints. Their military heritage, which has provided them with psycho-social resources in the form of subjective and mixed anchors, has been central to their exercise of agency and enabling them to gain a foothold in Britain. This has rendered Gurkha entrepreneurs a distinct group within migrant entrepreneurship. The article contributes to the literature on migrant entrepreneurship by delineating how agential capacity, by deploying different anchors, can cause variations in migrant enterprises, which in turn imbue migrant entrepreneurship with distinct characteristics.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36558/
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Gurkha Warriors as Entrepreneurs in Britain: A Social Anchoring Lens on Martial Heritage and Migrant Enterprises
Authors: Adhikari, P., Adhikari, S.D., Arun, S. and Arun, T.
Journal: WORK EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
Volume: 37
Issue: 5
Pages: 1-20
eISSN: 1469-8722
ISSN: 0950-0170
DOI: 10.1177/09500170221080394
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36558/
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Gurkha Warriors as Entrepreneurs in Britain: A Social Anchoring Lens on Martial Heritage and Migrant Enterprises
Authors: Adhikari, P., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Arun, S. and Arun, T.
Journal: Work, Employment and Society
Publisher: SAGE
ISSN: 0950-0170
Abstract:Using the social anchoring approach, this article investigates the entrepreneur experience of one of the newest migrant groups in Britain, the Nepali Gurkhas. The findings derived from the semi-structured interviews show how these migrant entrepreneurs employ multiple ‘anchors’ to engage in family-based enterprises and to navigate structural constraints. Their military heritage, which has provided them with psycho-social resources in the form of subjective and mixed anchors, has been central to their exercise of agency and enabling them to gain a foothold in Britain. This has rendered Gurkha entrepreneurs a distinct group within migrant entrepreneurship. The article contributes to the literature on migrant entrepreneurship by delineating how agential capacity, by deploying different anchors, can cause variations in migrant enterprises, which in turn imbue migrant entrepreneurship with distinct characteristics.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36558/
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Gurkha Warriors as Entrepreneurs in Britain: A Social Anchoring Lens on Martial Heritage and Migrant Enterprises
Authors: Adhikari, P., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Arun, S. and Arun, T.
Journal: Work, Employment and Society
Volume: 37
Issue: 5
Pages: 1359-1376
ISSN: 0950-0170
Abstract:Using the social anchoring approach, this article investigates the entrepreneur experience of one of the newest migrant groups in Britain, the Nepali Gurkhas. The findings derived from the semi-structured interviews show how these migrant entrepreneurs employ multiple ‘anchors’ to engage in family-based enterprises and to navigate structural constraints. Their military heritage, which has provided them with psycho-social resources in the form of subjective and mixed anchors, has been central to their exercise of agency and enabling them to gain a foothold in Britain. This has rendered Gurkha entrepreneurs a distinct group within migrant entrepreneurship. The article contributes to the literature on migrant entrepreneurship by delineating how agential capacity, by deploying different anchors, can cause variations in migrant enterprises, which in turn imbue migrant entrepreneurship with distinct characteristics.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/36558/
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