From Workers to Entrepreneurs: Central Asian Migrants in the Russian Business Market

• Autorzy: Ekaterina Vorobeva
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The current article contributes to the discussion on the trajectories of the economic integration of immigrants in adverse, informal contexts. Specifically, it explores the processes of the generation and application of business resources among Central Asian migrant entrepreneurs in Russia. This study highlights the crucial and multifaceted importance of former employment for migrant entrepreneurs. With restricted access to resources in Russia, Central Asian migrants deliberately used their workplaces to access business knowledge, networks and financial capital. By applying these resources, they replicated the successful business models of their former employers. This integration path appears to be shaped by the ambivalent forces of informality in the Russian economy. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Economic migration; Employment of foreigners; Immigrant entrepreneurship

PL

Migracja zarobkowa; Zatrudnienie cudzoziemców; Przedsiębiorczość imigrantów

• Czasopismo: Central and Eastern European Migration Review
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: 12
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 169--189

Twórcy

autor

Ekaterina Vorobeva

• University of Bremen, Germany

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.54667/ceemr.2023.21