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The Transitional Factors of Professional Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Wang, Che Hung
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556115827009662

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2019, Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Ohio University, Business Administration.
This study aims to find the motivational factors that influence professional immigrant entrepreneurs to transition from their corporate jobs to start their own ventures within the United States. International migration for education and entrepreneurial activity has seen a significant increase in the last five years in the United States. This niche group of entrepreneurs is defined as immigrant entrepreneurs with at least a four-year degree that first pursued a corporate job before starting a business. The purpose is to gain insights into this emerging group of immigrant entrepreneurs in order to help advance entrepreneurial activity within the United States. There were 20 semi-structured interviews recorded that were chain sampled from professional connections or referrals. The methodological approach for all participants was grounded theory with three participants selected for phenomenological inquiry. The data collected were transcribed and thematically coded to allow for individual and holistic comparisons. Results indicated there are similar intrinsic and extrinsic factors that can be categorized that influences an entrepreneur’s decision to transition in career path. The outcomes from the study depict that an entrepreneur’s environmental factors had the most significant influence in career transition. Additionally, the barriers faced by these entrepreneurs in terms of equal financial funding for their ventures in comparison to United States citizens led to an implication discovery of potentially developing a universal credit system.
Luke Pittaway, Dr. (Advisor)
108 p.
Entrepreneurship
Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Immigrant, Barriers, Opportunity, Entrepreneurship,

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  • Wang, C. H. (2019). The Transitional Factors of Professional Immigrant Entrepreneurs [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556115827009662

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wang, Che Hung. The Transitional Factors of Professional Immigrant Entrepreneurs . 2019. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556115827009662.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wang, Che Hung. "The Transitional Factors of Professional Immigrant Entrepreneurs ." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1556115827009662

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