Vietnamese and Chinese Culture and Motives for Being an Entrepreneur Among Immigrants From Vietnam and China Settled in Poland

• Authors: Agnieszka Brzozowska

Title variants

PL

Wietnamska i chińska kultura oraz motywy przedsiębiorcze wśród imigrantów z Wietnamu i Chin osiadłych w Polsce

Abstracts

PL

Tekst przedstawia wyniki badania prowadzonego metodą jakościową na grupie imigrantów przedsiębiorców pochodzących z kraju Dalekiego Wschodu, którzy prowadzą swoje firmy w Polsce. Zespół badaczy przeprowadził z imigrantami łącznie 24 wywiady pogłębione na terenie całej Polski. Wywiady były nagrane, poddane transkrypcji i przeanalizowane pod kątem założonych obszarów badawczych. Na potrzeby tekstu przedstawiono analizę dotyczącą motywów zakładania własnej działalności w grupie imigrantów i połączeń ich z kulturą. Jak się okazuje motywy w zależności od grupy etnicznej będą bardzo różne. Można przypuszczać, że kultura pochodzenia będzie miała ogromne znaczenie w postrzeganiu przedsiębiorczości i kształtowaniu chęci do bycia przedsiębiorcą. Wsparcie wśród społeczności etnicznej w kierunku prowadzenia firmy sprawia, że dużo osób decyduje się na ten krok, choć wcześniej niekoniecznie mieli takie plany. Przez pryzmat analizy motywów przedsiębiorczych możemy zaobserwować różne wzory radzenia sobie w kraju przyjmującym. Ograniczeniem badania jest próba badanych, która z powodu doboru celowego może nie pokazywać przewag wśród najczęstszych motywów.

EN

The text presents the results of a qualitative study conducted on a group of immigrant entrepreneurs from Vietnam and China who run their businesses in Poland. The team of researchers conducted a total of 24 in-depth interviews. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed against assumed research areas. For the needs of the text, the analysis will present the motives for starting own business by the selected group of immigrants in Poland and the link with their national culture. As it turns out, the motives will be very different depending on the ethnic group. It could be assumed that the culture of origin will be of great importance in the perception of entrepreneurship and in shaping the will to be an entrepreneur. Support from the ethnic community for running a company means that many people decide to take this risk, even if they did not necessarily have such plans before. Through the prism of analyzing entrepreneurial motives, we can observe different patterns of coping in the host country. The limitation of the study is the sample of respondents, which may not show the most common motives due to the targeted selection.

Keywords

EN

immigrant entrepreneurship; the Far East; motives for starting a business

PL

przedsiębiorczość imigrantów; Daleki Wschód; motywy rozpoczęcia; działalności biznesowej

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania
• Journal: Studia i Materiały
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 2(29), cz. 2
• Pages: 33-40

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Agnieszka Brzozowska

• https://orcid.org/0000000299086427

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7172/1733-9758.2018.29.3

Biblioteka Nauki

2188977