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Please Knock Before You Enter: Aboriginal Regulation of Outsiders and the Implications for Researchers, Karen Lillian Martin, Post Pressed, Teneriffe, QLD, 2008, vi + l68 pp, ISBN 978 1 92121 437 0 - Volume 38 Issue

Case studies on three diverse cultural groups are used to investigate how culture norms and practices moderate the way entrepreneurs utilize social networking. Moving away from a universalist mono-dimensional position, prior research calls for moderates entrepreneurial Understandably, concept of national inevitably refers mainstream which fails address sub-culture minority culture. This paper explores networking across cultures (one two minority) allowing researcher an insight into The...

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Purpose The purpose this paper is to determine the impact that culture and social capital has on indigenous entrepreneurs' business networking. Design/methodology/approach A comparative case study analysis was undertaken a three‐nation sample of entrepreneurs in Australia, Hawaii New Zealand. specific research questions investigated were: does influence networking, networking? Participants were stand‐alone commercial operators. Findings Reduced for Australians resulted active networking be...

Australian Indigenous entrepreneurship and education represents a significant opportunity for people to enhance their entrepreneurial skills, in turn building vibrant Indigenous-led economies that support sustainable economic development social well-being. This study is the first of its kind explore conceptualization framework ecosystems. The purpose provide emergent inquiry participatory action research into ecosystems, enabling expansion practice; with objective delineating specific...

Abstract Indigenous employment has attracted an increasing focus in recent decades from policy-makers, the context of gap between national rates and non-Indigenous employment. Non-Indigenous businesses are implementing a series workplace recruitment policies to enhance their employment, yet there is limited research demonstrating impact these policies. This paper uses primary survey data representative sample Australian-based non-Indigenous-owned detail how Indigenous-focused practices...

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Abstract Indigenous employment has been the subject of numerous policies in Australia, with governments aiming to increase workforce participation rate amongst people recent years. Indigenous‐owned businesses, formally defined as businesses that are at least 50% Indigenous‐owned, have demonstrated previous research maintain substantially higher levels proportional than non‐Indigenous businesses. This suggests work environments more supportive and conducive employment, meriting influence...

Abstract Previous research demonstrates that businesses are Indigenous‐owned far more likely to employ Indigenous people than non‐Indigenous‐owned (Hunter, 2015). The majority of the literature on employment uses a deficit discourse, describing factors prevent or exclude from organisations. There is markedly less using strength‐based approach, detailing how create workplaces without barriers employment. Through 32 semistructured interviews with business owners, managers, and employees...

Do we truly understand the research area of Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurship? Has it tragically become social experiment or a 'trendy' study? From academics standpoint is serious research. It seems in development this discipline some non-indigenous scholars their enthusiasm have forgotten existence position repeating historical errors showing as exotic subject matter. The needs to be inclusive. Nineteenth century racial biases, ignorance and division that clouded Social Sciences...

Indigenous employment is a critical policy area in Australia, with businesses adopting targeted workplace and recruitment practices to increase their levels of employment. However, non-Indigenous-owned Australian are still struggling meet targets, the national gap between non-Indigenous rates remains wide. Despite increased popularity Indigenous-specific policies, there lack research that aims determine associations This paper addresses this by surveying 680 businesses, detailing uptake...

Abstract Indigenous-owned businesses in Australia are strong employers of Indigenous people, maintaining rates employment that not seen across the breadth Australian economy. Despite an increasing focus from governments and private organisations to improve employment, there is limited evidence suggest substantial improvements being made. acknowledgement government crucial role played by creating has been little on what may be learned business sector informing public workplace recruitment...