Leveraging symbolic capital
The Use of Blat Networks Across Transnational Spaces
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4939863 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Rodgers (0000-0002-6108-5111, School of Business University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH UK, corresponding author), Natalia Vershinina (0000-0002-7281-1043, Birmingham Business School Birmingham University Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK, corresponding author), Colin C Williams (0000-0002-3610-1933, Sheffield University Management School Conduit Road Sheffield S10 1FL, corresponding author), Nick Theodorakopoulos (Aston Business School Aston University Birmingham B4 7ET UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-136 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Networks (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/glob.12188 |
| OpenAlex | W2774379704 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 81 |
In this article, we contribute to debates on how social networks sustain migrants' entrepreneurial activities. By reporting on 31 interviews with Eastern European migrants in the UK, we provide a critical lens on the tendency to assume that migrants have ready-made social networks in the host country embedded in co-ethnic communities. We extend this limited perspective by demonstrating how Eastern European migrants working in the UK transform blat social networks, formulated in the cultural and political contours of Soviet society, in their everyday lived experiences. Our findings highlight not only the monetarization of such networks but also the continuing embedded nature of trust existing within these networks, which cut across transnational spaces. We show how forms of social capital based on Russian language use and legacies of a shared Soviet past, are just as important as the role of 'co-ethnics' and 'co-migrants' in facilitating business development. In doing so, we present a more nuanced understanding of the role that symbolic capital plays in migrant entrepreneurial journeys and its multifaceted nature
Economic geography · Ethnic group · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Transnationalism · Anthropology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |