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Entrepreneurship as Social Status: Turkish Immigrants’ Experiences of Self-Employment in Finland

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  • Östen Wahlbeck

    (Department of Sociology, Åbo Akademi University, FI-20500 Åbo, Finland.)

Abstract

The article discusses the experiences of self-employmentamong immigrants from Turkey living in Finland. The immigrantsare mainly active in the restaurant and fast foodsector in Finland, primarily in small kebap and pizza businesses.The article argues that both economic and social aspectsexplain the experiences of self-employment. Despiteeconomic hardship, the freedom and social status connectedto entrepreneurship is highly valued. Self-employment providesa positive self-understanding and a good social status,which the immigrants from Turkey find it difficult to achieveby any other means in Finnish society.

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  • Östen Wahlbeck, 2008. "Entrepreneurship as Social Status: Turkish Immigrants’ Experiences of Self-Employment in Finland," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 5(1), pages 53-62, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:5:y:2008:i:1:p:53-62
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    1. Nafisa Yeasmin, 2016. "The Determinants of Sustainable Entrepreneurship of Immigrants in Lapland: An Analysis of Theoretical Factors," Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, Centre for Strategic and International Entrepreneurship at the Cracow University of Economics., vol. 4(1), pages 129-159.

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