Religion, Migration and Business by María Villares-Varela & Olivia Sheringham

Author:María Villares-Varela & Olivia Sheringham
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030583057
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Olivia Sheringham

Email: [email protected]

Abstract

This empirical chapter provides a detailed account of the ways in which religion is intertwined with the trajectories and practices of migrant business owners. Drawing on narratives from our in-depth interviews, the chapter explains how entrepreneurs relate to their religion and churches as part of their migration trajectories both before and when they open their own businesses. We provide an overview of our interviewees’ narratives in relation to their motivations to become entrepreneurs, which are frequently presented as a means of escaping low paid employment and achieving self-realisation, and explain how experiences of exclusion and lack of mobility in the labour market are supplemented by the role of faith and religiosity, which enables those migrants we interviewed to realise their aspirations to set up their own businesses.

Keywords

ValuesFaithEntrepreneurshipAspirationsPentecostalismUK

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