Small Entrepreneurship in a Developing Society
Patterns of Labor Absorption and Social Mobility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2553151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hagen Koo (University of Memphis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 775 |
| Publication date | 1976-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2576174 |
| OpenAlex | W4252942106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
Observing a plethora of small entrepreneurial activities in the cities of developing countries, this paper examines the social significance of these occupational activities. The data gathered from a Korean city suggest that small entrepreneurship provides occupational niches to marginal migrant workers as well as an alternative to the bureaucratic channel of upward social mobility for a significant proportion of urban residents. These findings are interpreted by using the conception of occupational situs, which promises greater analytical utility in the study of developing societies than the unidimensional conception of occupational structure
Bureaucracy · Business · Demographic economics · Developing country · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Migrant workers · Occupational mobility · Occupational prestige · Political science · Population · Social mobility · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 1978 - 2022 (45) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |