Abd Hamid, Hamizah; O’Kane, Conor; Everett, André M. - In: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25 (2019) 5, pp. 919-935
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how ethnic migrant entrepreneurs (EMEs) utilise identity work to build legitimacy in a host country. According to optimal distinctiveness theory (ODT), legitimacy is achieved by balancing conformance and distinctiveness. This paper draws on ODT...