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Leisure Activities And Social Capital Development By Immigrant Serial/Portfolio And Lifestyle Entrepreneurs

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  • GERRY KERR

    (Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada)

  • FRANCINE SCHLOSSER

    (Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada)

  • MATIAS GOLOB

    (Centre of Innovation in Health & Wellness, Humber College, 205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, Ontario, M9W 5L7, Canada)

Abstract

We examine the creation of social capital by serial/portfolio and lifestyle immigrant entrepreneurs through ethnic and sports associations. Interviews with 24 self-employed immigrants to Canada form the basis of a grounded model. Serial/portfolio and lifestyle immigrant entrepreneurs appear to harness ethnic and sports associations through similar means, but it is the speed and intensity with which they combine their activities — and the goals they pursue — that mark their differences. Serial/portfolio entrepreneurs intertwine a denser set of activities more actively to support business generation, resulting in a more diverse matrix of social capital.

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  • Gerry Kerr & Francine Schlosser & Matias Golob, 2017. "Leisure Activities And Social Capital Development By Immigrant Serial/Portfolio And Lifestyle Entrepreneurs," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(04), pages 1-25, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jdexxx:v:22:y:2017:i:04:n:s1084946717500261
    DOI: 10.1142/S1084946717500261
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