Indigenous women and entrepreneurship in New South Wales, Australia

Pearce, Sonya Joy

Indigenous women and entrepreneurship in New South Wales, Australia

Pearce, Sonya Joy

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Pearce, Sonya Joy
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-29T04:01:50Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-29T04:01:50Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/43412
dc.description	University of Technology Sydney. Faculty of Business.	en_AU
dc.description.abstract	Indigenous socio-economic disadvantage in Australia remains stubbornly entrenched despite many policy initiatives by successive Federal, State and Territory Governments. The relationship between cultural context, personal identity and entrepreneurship in the lives of Indigenous entrepreneurs is dynamic and significant. Relating personal, cultural and social contextual factors to the journey, decisions and processes of minority or under-represented entrepreneurs is an important research opportunity. Engaging with the lived experiences of cultural groups allows scholarship to access the deeply personal and intricate nature of entrepreneurship, and proffers innovative research that gives voice to a broader spectrum of entrepreneurs. This research project engages with the lived experiences of six Australian Aboriginal female entrepreneurs with the objective of determining the relationship between Indigenous identity, female identity, and the formative journey and everyday practice of entrepreneurship. This research is designed with a phenomenological lens, and expanded through the practice of a traditional Aboriginal practice of deep listening, Dadirri, this project approaches the experiences of Indigenous female entrepreneurs in an innovative research design. Through a research design that allows the subjects to quantify their experiences in their own words and through familiar cultural practice, this research project highlights the importance of Indigenous identity and gender in the development and entrepreneurial practice of the individual. This research project offers innovative promise in communicating the challenges, experiences and narratives of the Indigenous female entrepreneur to a broader academic context. In turn, this research stands as a key precedent for the development of policy and infrastructure to support minority entrepreneurs.	en_AU
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)
dc.language.iso	en_AU	en_AU
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/43412/2/02whole.pdf
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Indigenous women.	en
dc.subject	Socio-economic disadvantage.	en
dc.subject	Entrepreneurship.	en
dc.title	Indigenous women and entrepreneurship in New South Wales, Australia	en_AU
dc.type	Thesis	en_AU
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Indigenous socio-economic disadvantage in Australia remains stubbornly entrenched despite many policy initiatives by successive Federal, State and Territory Governments. The relationship between cultural context, personal identity and entrepreneurship in the lives of Indigenous entrepreneurs is dynamic and significant. Relating personal, cultural and social contextual factors to the journey, decisions and processes of minority or under-represented entrepreneurs is an important research opportunity. Engaging with the lived experiences of cultural groups allows scholarship to access the deeply personal and intricate nature of entrepreneurship, and proffers innovative research that gives voice to a broader spectrum of entrepreneurs. This research project engages with the lived experiences of six Australian Aboriginal female entrepreneurs with the objective of determining the relationship between Indigenous identity, female identity, and the formative journey and everyday practice of entrepreneurship. This research is designed with a phenomenological lens, and expanded through the practice of a traditional Aboriginal practice of deep listening, Dadirri, this project approaches the experiences of Indigenous female entrepreneurs in an innovative research design. Through a research design that allows the subjects to quantify their experiences in their own words and through familiar cultural practice, this research project highlights the importance of Indigenous identity and gender in the development and entrepreneurial practice of the individual. This research project offers innovative promise in communicating the challenges, experiences and narratives of the Indigenous female entrepreneur to a broader academic context. In turn, this research stands as a key precedent for the development of policy and infrastructure to support minority entrepreneurs.

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