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Abstract
This study explores the relationships that human, economic and social capital may have with the creation of employment in small businesses that belong to African immigrants. Based on a cross-country approach, the study utilized self-administered questionnaires to collect data in a cross-sectional manner from 829 respondents in some states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Results obtained from the analysis of the data revealed that certain variables in the triumvirate of human, economic and social capitals displayed statistically significant relationships with employment creation. Specifically, among the studied variables, only management skills, educational achievement, business support services and language proficiency correlated positively with employment creation. Consequently, Governments, African-immigrant entrepreneurs and other interested stakeholders may need to invest in the improvement of these specific components of human, economic and social capital bases of entrepreneurs for the touted benefit of employment creation to materialize.
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE) provides a forum for the dissemination of descriptive, empirical, and theoretical research that focuses on issues concerning microenterprise and small business development, especially under conditions of adversity. The intended audiences for JDE are scholars who study issues of developmental entrepreneurship and professionals involved in governmental and non-governmental efforts to facilitate entrepreneurship in economic and community development programs around the world. Articles will cover a broad range of topics, including: -Entrepreneurship and self-employment in developing contexts -Challenges and opportunities unique to minority and women entrepreneurs -Microenterprise funds and private-sector small business lending practices -Legislation, regulation, and tax policy that impact entrepreneurship and economic development -Processes that facilitate growth and development within emerging enterprises -Networks within and among entrepreneurial ventures -Marketing patterns and approaches in venture growth and development -International developmental entrepreneurship programs -Entrepreneurship in the informal economic sector -Education and training for aspiring entrepreneurs -Industry practices that adversely affect microenterprise development -Economic and social impacts of microenterprise activity
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