Managing Marginalized Identities for Entrepreneurial Success

Prior work has shown that the observable social identities of entrepreneurs – such as their marginalized gender, race, religion, or social class – play a significant role in their ability to mobilize resources and successfully engage stakeholders (Fairlie & Robb, 2007; Freeland & Keister, 2016; Snellman & Younkin, 2021; Younkin & Kuppuswamy, 2018). Motivated by these findings, we propose a symposium to better understand the barriers faced by those from historically marginalized groups and examine how members of these groups manage their identities to overcome these barriers. Specifically, we considered three related questions. First, why and when do marginalized entrepreneurial identities lead to lowered resource mobilization and stakeholder evaluation? Second, what strategies do entrepreneurs with these identities and the institutions supporting them undertake to overcome obstacles that entrepreneurs may face due to these marginalized identities? Third, under what conditions are these identity-based entrepreneurial strategies effective, and under what conditions are they not? We hope our symposium will contribute to ongoing discussions about the presence of inequality among entrepreneurs. Our scholars will address these questions in a wide range of empirical contexts, including North Korean refugee entrepreneurs in South Korea, Muslim American entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs in Morocco, using a diverse collection of qualitative, archival, and experimental methods. After providing comments and integrating lessons learned from the presenters, our discussant Martin Ruef, an authority on entrepreneurship among historically marginalized groups (see, for example, Ruef, 2010, 2014; Ruef & Grigoryeva, 2020), will lead a group discussion composed of prepared questions and audience question and answer session to synthesize understanding and outlining avenues for future research. Organizational Blueprints: What Does it Take to Build an Organization? Author: Tiantian Yang; U. of Pennsylvania Playing A Serious Game: North Korean Refugees’ Journeys to Becoming Entrepreneurs in South Korea Author: Suntae Kim; Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Author: Hyo Young Lee; - Author: Yunjung Pak; U. of Alberta Author: Simon (Seongbin) Yoon; U. of California, Irvine Managing Marginalized Entrepreneurial Identity to Create New Markets: A case of Muslim Entrepreneurs Author: Yun Ha Cho; U. of Michigan Author: Diana Jue-Rajasingh; Rice U. Author: William Reuben Hurst; U. of Michigan, Ross School of Business Accelerators or Brakes?: A Field Experiment on Encouraging Entrepreneurship in Morocco Author: Ouafaa Hmaddi; City College - City U. of New York Author: Peter Younkin; U. of Oregon

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