Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore how cohesive/diverse networks affect
entrepreneurial activities. In particular, an interest is shown in how cohesion and diversity …

It is hard to avoid seeing ethnicity, race, or nationality wherever one looks. Differences in
education, income, and health are often patterned along ethnic or racial lines. But how do …

This book provides an overview of qualitative research models and their applications in
organization and management studies. Focusing on the philosophical underpinnings and …

The" network approach to entrepreneurship" is a prominent theoretical perspective within
the literature on entrepreneurship. This literature assumes that network resources …

Primordialist and constructivist authors have debated the nature of ethnicity “as such” and
therefore failed to explain why its characteristics vary so dramatically across cases …

Andreas Wimmer argues that nationalist and ethnic politics have shaped modern societies
to a far greater extent than has been acknowledged by social scientists. The modern state …

This article examines the influence of Anthony Giddens on recent work in management
studies, especially the contribution of his structurationist perspective to understanding …

The authors have assembled a vast body of census data to address cutting-edge issues in
entrepreneurship, immigration, urban studies, economic sociology, and social policy. In a …

With the recent growth of new ethnic populations in Western societies, ethnic business is no
longer a matter of strictly historical interest; neither is it parochial American concern …

Organizational growth inevitably involves expansion in employee numbers, and hence
recruitment and selection. To achieve this, prescriptive human resource management (HRM) …