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标题：Positive deviant unemployed individuals: Survivalist entrepreneurs in marginalised communities
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作者：Melinda Du Toit ; Hans De Witte ; Sebastiaan Rothmann 等
期刊名称：South African Journal of Business Management
印刷版ISSN：2078-5585
电子版ISSN：2078-5976
出版年度：2020
卷号：51
期号：1
页码：10-19
DOI：10.4102/sajbm.v51i1.1627
出版社：African Online Scientific Information Systems
摘要：Purpose: This exploratory study aimed to provide a description of the experiences and perceptions of survivalist entrepreneurs in under-resourced communities. These survivalist entrepreneurs perceived themselves as ‘temporary’ entrepreneurs. They engaged in entrepreneurial ventures, whilst actively searching for secure formal employment.Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative interviews were conducted with four informal survivalist microenterprise entrepreneurs (ISM-E entrepreneurs). Narratives relating to their experiences and perceptions of their environment, community and government support and their experience of owning a microenterprise in an impoverished community were analysed inductively.Findings/results: Fourteen themes were identified and were grouped under two broad topics, namely the characterisation of the entrepreneur and the surrounding setting of the ISM-E entrepreneur. The discussion of the findings was presented in a positive deviance framework.Practical implications: It was proposed that the ingenuity and strengths of these ISM-E entrepreneurs be acknowledged and that their positive discourses be cultivated and encouraged in order to inspire unemployed people around them. These ISM-E entrepreneurs could, ideally, point social scientists to possible context-appropriate solutions to the huge unemployment challenge experienced in disadvantaged communities.Originality/value: This study addresses a knowledge gap pertaining to the exploration of micro-entrepreneurship in under-resourced communities within a positive deviance framework.
关键词：unemployment; positive deviance; under-resourced communities; microbusiness