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Blow-ins, locals, and natives: socio-cultural embeddedness in Ireland's Gaeltachts

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  • Bryan T. Stinchfield
  • Emer Ní Bhrádaigh

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When making comparisons to native (aka 'indigenous') entrepreneurs, existent research largely treats rural newcomer entrepreneurs (aka 'in-migrants') as a mostly homogenous group. However, our investigation into the nature and pattern of entrepreneurs' socio-cultural embeddedness in rural Ireland found two distinct patterns of newcomers' approaches to embedding. We conducted a qualitative, multiple-case study of 11 entrepreneurs in Ireland's Gaeltachts, rural regions where both English and a minority language, Irish, are spoken and found that the existence and usage of a minority language affects newcomers' embedding into these unique contexts. This study's contribution is an empirically grounded typology based on three distinct patterns of socio-cultural embeddedness, thus challenging the homogeneity of newcomers' assumption.

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  • Bryan T. Stinchfield & Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, 2016. "Blow-ins, locals, and natives: socio-cultural embeddedness in Ireland's Gaeltachts," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 28(1), pages 1-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:28:y:2016:i:1:p:1-19
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