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Papers by Charlotte Carey
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Jul 22, 2022
Aim: This paper presents the ‘lived experiences’ of a socially disadvantaged group of women. It e... more Aim: This paper presents the ‘lived experiences’ of a socially disadvantaged group of women. It examines how they could be supported into entrepreneurship. This work presents stories of unemployed, female, social-housing residents residing in one of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods: Balsall Heath (BCC, 2015; Russell, 2018). These findings examine the entrepreneurship support needs and barriers of social-housing residents. Context: This work stemmed from a Birmingham-based housing association who recognised the potential of entrepreneurship as a means of economic empowerment for their female housing residents (Rafiq, 2014). In addition, a need to examine female entrepreneurs in the context of entrepreneurship education and training programmes had been identified (Bullough et al., 2015) as most entrepreneurship education studies focus on academic and higher education environments (Rae, 2003, 2005; Galloway et al., 2015; Scott et al., 2016). Therefore, this work co-creates kno...
This paper focuses on the emerging trend of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of... more This paper focuses on the emerging trend of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of their co-ethnic markets into mainstream economies, through a critical review of the existing literature in theories of migrant entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on the importance to shift from an ethnic exceptionalism perspective to a multicultural hybridism approach to re-examine the role of ethnic culture in migrant entrepreneurship.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Sep 30, 2021
Women’s engagement in entrepreneurship from a social housing perspective has scarcely been explor... more Women’s engagement in entrepreneurship from a social housing perspective has scarcely been explored in the literature. Thus, insights into how the social housing system may condition participation in entrepreneurship have been excluded from empirical understanding. In order to address this gap, we assess the entrepreneurial intention of women in a deprived area of one of the UK’s largest cities. Through an inductive analysis, we develop a conceptual model in which attitude towards entrepreneurship, self-efficacy and subjective norms emerge as mediators of entrepreneurial intention. Our findings pose theoretical implications for future variance-based analyses, as well as practical implications for social housing providers and the role of public institutions in fostering entrepreneurial outcomes
Industry and Higher Education, 2011
Recent research suggests that important issues are emerging among enterprise educators in higher ... more Recent research suggests that important issues are emerging among enterprise educators in higher education institutions (HEIs). This paper examines four key areas of debate. The first of these is the assessment of entrepreneurship ideas and related activities (Pittaway and Cope, 2007). Penaluna and Penaluna (2008, 2009a,b), for example, focus on assessment methods in schools of art and design and on how these methods could be employed more effectively by enterprise educators. Second, and linked to the issue of assessment, is the area of ‘contextualized’ enterprise education, focusing on enterprise education as it is taught within the context of a specific discipline (for example, Carey and Matlay, 2007). The third area concerns online social media platforms and how in the UK these are increasingly being employed to deliver and support enterprise pedagogies, including the use of external contacts, teaching marketing and explorations of professional boundaries (Smith, 2009; Carey, 200...
This article reports, in brief, on a piece of research carried out by UCE Birmingham, on behalf o... more This article reports, in brief, on a piece of research carried out by UCE Birmingham, on behalf of Birmingham City Council, to support social inclusion through employment and self-employment within the creative industries sector and identifies some of the key findings from that research relating to educational experience.
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society, 2021
The conceptual framework of Multicultural Hybridism is adopted to reflect the emerging themes of ... more The conceptual framework of Multicultural Hybridism is adopted to reflect the emerging themes of transnationalism and superdiversity in the context of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of their ethnic enclaves into mainstream economy. It is constructed as an extension of Mixed Embeddedness theory (Kloosterman, 2006), given that ‘Multicultural Hybrid’ (Arrighetti, Bolzani, and Lasagni, 2014) firms display stronger resilience with a higher survival rate than enclaved businesses (Kloosterman, Rusinovic, and Yeboah, 2016). With further integration of incremental diversification typology (Lassalle and Scott, 2018), the current study adopts Multicultural Hybridism as a lens to explore the opportunity recognition capabilities of transnational, migrant entrepreneurs who are facilitated by the hybridity of opportunity recognition (Lassalle, 2018) from linking host-country and home-country cultures. The hybridity of opportunity recognition focuses on access to markets and res...
Carey, C., Harris, LJ, Smith, K. and Warren, L. (2009) Using Web 2.0 in education: privacy and in... more Carey, C., Harris, LJ, Smith, K. and Warren, L. (2009) Using Web 2.0 in education: privacy and integrity in the virtual campus. In, Network Ethics: The New Challenge in Business, ICT and Education; Track 3: Higher Education and Virtual Learning: Ethical Issues and Perspectives, Lisbon, Portugal, 23 - 25 Jun 2009. ... Full text not available from this repository. ... RDF+N-Triples, RDF+N3, RDF+XML, Browse.
Topic This study explores Entrepreneurial Intent (EI) in undergraduate students on induction acro... more Topic This study explores Entrepreneurial Intent (EI) in undergraduate students on induction across two UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) at the transition point between secondary and tertiary education levels. Aim The aim of this study is to explore patterns of self-reported EI in new undergraduate Business students from two UK HEIs. This study builds on previous research at Coventry University (Williamson and Wick 2013 and Smith et al 2017) in order to see if the high EI rates recorded at Coventry University are replicated across other institutions. It reports on the response of students from two UK HEI Business Schools (Coventry and Birmingham City University – BCU), entering undergraduate study in 2018. The study will compare data collected during induction week, before any formal teaching has commenced. Findings The study confirms findings from previous studies and demonstrates that students from both institutions recorded higher than normal levels of EI. However, there w...
This thesis represents an interdisciplinary study with original theoretical contributions to know... more This thesis represents an interdisciplinary study with original theoretical contributions to knowledge identified across three distinct disciplines: Entrepreneurship, the Creative Industries and Gender Studies along with methodological contributions with regards the use of research diaries as a data source. The last fifteen years have seen a huge focus, from policy makers and researchers, on entrepreneurship and the creative industries. Both have been seen as key drivers for economic growth in the UK and beyond. Studies have been wide and varied, looking at both disciplines individually and more recently where they converge. However, there is a paucity of research into the role that gender plays within this sector, and specifically the impact of gender on entrepreneurship within the creative industries. Using a highly reflexive approach, this study examined the career stories of a cohort of fine art graduates, the cohort with whom the researcher had graduated (1991-94, BA Fine Art, ...
On the final day of the ISBE conference 2016 in Paris the creative Industries Entrepreneurship tr... more On the final day of the ISBE conference 2016 in Paris the creative Industries Entrepreneurship track ran a research methods workshop. This sector has seen phenomenal growth over the last 20 years, any time you use software, play a computer game, watch TV, listen to the radio, download an app, step into a building, see a play or simply admire a painting you are coming into contact with the creative industries. Many of the sub-sectors have seen rapid adaption to the digital economy responding to the growing means of content consumption. As one of the largest growth sectors in the UK economy, the Creative Industries, which encompasses film; software design; fine art; designer fashion, theatre and the performing arts; advertising; architecture and design; publishing; broadcast media and recorded music (DCMS, 2001), has grown in interest amongst the entrepreneurship research community (Henry, 2001; Rae, 2004: Carey and Naudin, 2006; Penaluna and Penaluna, 2009; Carey and Matlay, 2010, Ca...
Placing entrepreneurship at the forefront as a path to employment for unemployed female social-ho... more Placing entrepreneurship at the forefront as a path to employment for unemployed female social-housing residents, arguably a usually marginalised group within society, this paper reports on research carried out within Balsall Heath, Birmingham, UK. The field of entrepreneurship is fragmented and known for varied opinions (Keating and Higgins, 2016; Audretsch et al., 2007), with entrepreneurship and identity research growing, this paper aims to narrow these fragmented gaps. This paper seeks to contribute to limited research upon pre-entrepreneurial identity, as the first-step in forming a tailored entrepreneurship support programme and enhance understanding of identity at the pre-entrepreneur stage. A qualitative research methodology is adopted, through traditional storytelling, people naturally arrange their lives, events and experiences into stories as they are ‘narrative thinkers’ (Graham et al., 2015:345). Grounded-theory analysis is applied in aiding the creation of a theoretica...
The study captures the career histories of a cohort of fine art graduates, all of whom had gradua... more The study captures the career histories of a cohort of fine art graduates, all of whom had graduated at the same time (1994), from the same institution. Taking a narrative approach, detailed career stories were obtained. The relationship to and tensions surrounding entrepreneurship and artistic practice were explored in detail. While artistic identity emerges as a strong force for this group, artistic identity and entrepreneurial identity are sometimes at odds with each other. The practicalities of making a living as an artist, arguably, call for entrepreneurial activity. However, the findings suggest that this presents a conflict for some artists, both aesthetically and emotionally. This chapter explores what this means in the context of cultural value, and cultural value as a ‘lens’ for understanding an artist's career.
Purpose -This paper seeks to report on the current state and attitudes towards Enterprise Curricu... more Purpose -This paper seeks to report on the current state and attitudes towards Enterprise Curriculum within higher education (HE) for the creative industries sector. It is based on preliminary findings from the Creative Enterprise Conference (2006) held at UCE Birmingham, which examined the role of HEs in developing future entrepreneurs in this important sector of the UK economy. Design/methodology/approach -This paper explores issues related to enterprise curriculum development in HE through in-depth qualitative analysis of plenary sessions, focused discussions and workshops. A number of stakeholders, including policy makers, academics, researchers and practitioners were invited to explore relevant issues appertaining to "creative enterprises" in the UK. Findings -This paper presents a critical evaluation of the growing specialist literature, activity and research in creative industries, notably: research needs, paucity of pedagogical materials, characteristics of "creative entrepreneurs" as well as how, when, where and in what way should "creative" students be taught about entrepreneurship and self-employment. Practical implications -The study offers stakeholders a critical perspective on current attitudes and practices within creative industries. This paper offers interested parties an opportunity to consider and reflect on how HE can develop relevant curriculum and deliver enterprise education that is pertinent to students who intend to operate in this important sector of economic activity. Originality/value -By capturing current attitudes and good practice in creative industries, this paper emphasises enterprise curriculum development and implementation in a relatively underdeveloped aspect of educational research. It makes tentative suggestions and recommendations on how HE and policy makers might respond to current and future enterprise education needs.
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Jul 22, 2022
Aim: This paper presents the ‘lived experiences’ of a socially disadvantaged group of women. It e... more Aim: This paper presents the ‘lived experiences’ of a socially disadvantaged group of women. It examines how they could be supported into entrepreneurship. This work presents stories of unemployed, female, social-housing residents residing in one of Birmingham’s most deprived neighbourhoods: Balsall Heath (BCC, 2015; Russell, 2018). These findings examine the entrepreneurship support needs and barriers of social-housing residents. Context: This work stemmed from a Birmingham-based housing association who recognised the potential of entrepreneurship as a means of economic empowerment for their female housing residents (Rafiq, 2014). In addition, a need to examine female entrepreneurs in the context of entrepreneurship education and training programmes had been identified (Bullough et al., 2015) as most entrepreneurship education studies focus on academic and higher education environments (Rae, 2003, 2005; Galloway et al., 2015; Scott et al., 2016). Therefore, this work co-creates kno...
This paper focuses on the emerging trend of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of... more This paper focuses on the emerging trend of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of their co-ethnic markets into mainstream economies, through a critical review of the existing literature in theories of migrant entrepreneurship, with an emphasis on the importance to shift from an ethnic exceptionalism perspective to a multicultural hybridism approach to re-examine the role of ethnic culture in migrant entrepreneurship.
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Sep 30, 2021
Women’s engagement in entrepreneurship from a social housing perspective has scarcely been explor... more Women’s engagement in entrepreneurship from a social housing perspective has scarcely been explored in the literature. Thus, insights into how the social housing system may condition participation in entrepreneurship have been excluded from empirical understanding. In order to address this gap, we assess the entrepreneurial intention of women in a deprived area of one of the UK’s largest cities. Through an inductive analysis, we develop a conceptual model in which attitude towards entrepreneurship, self-efficacy and subjective norms emerge as mediators of entrepreneurial intention. Our findings pose theoretical implications for future variance-based analyses, as well as practical implications for social housing providers and the role of public institutions in fostering entrepreneurial outcomes
Industry and Higher Education, 2011
Recent research suggests that important issues are emerging among enterprise educators in higher ... more Recent research suggests that important issues are emerging among enterprise educators in higher education institutions (HEIs). This paper examines four key areas of debate. The first of these is the assessment of entrepreneurship ideas and related activities (Pittaway and Cope, 2007). Penaluna and Penaluna (2008, 2009a,b), for example, focus on assessment methods in schools of art and design and on how these methods could be employed more effectively by enterprise educators. Second, and linked to the issue of assessment, is the area of ‘contextualized’ enterprise education, focusing on enterprise education as it is taught within the context of a specific discipline (for example, Carey and Matlay, 2007). The third area concerns online social media platforms and how in the UK these are increasingly being employed to deliver and support enterprise pedagogies, including the use of external contacts, teaching marketing and explorations of professional boundaries (Smith, 2009; Carey, 200...
This article reports, in brief, on a piece of research carried out by UCE Birmingham, on behalf o... more This article reports, in brief, on a piece of research carried out by UCE Birmingham, on behalf of Birmingham City Council, to support social inclusion through employment and self-employment within the creative industries sector and identifies some of the key findings from that research relating to educational experience.
Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society, 2021
The conceptual framework of Multicultural Hybridism is adopted to reflect the emerging themes of ... more The conceptual framework of Multicultural Hybridism is adopted to reflect the emerging themes of transnationalism and superdiversity in the context of ethnic minority migrant entrepreneurs breaking out of their ethnic enclaves into mainstream economy. It is constructed as an extension of Mixed Embeddedness theory (Kloosterman, 2006), given that ‘Multicultural Hybrid’ (Arrighetti, Bolzani, and Lasagni, 2014) firms display stronger resilience with a higher survival rate than enclaved businesses (Kloosterman, Rusinovic, and Yeboah, 2016). With further integration of incremental diversification typology (Lassalle and Scott, 2018), the current study adopts Multicultural Hybridism as a lens to explore the opportunity recognition capabilities of transnational, migrant entrepreneurs who are facilitated by the hybridity of opportunity recognition (Lassalle, 2018) from linking host-country and home-country cultures. The hybridity of opportunity recognition focuses on access to markets and res...
Carey, C., Harris, LJ, Smith, K. and Warren, L. (2009) Using Web 2.0 in education: privacy and in... more Carey, C., Harris, LJ, Smith, K. and Warren, L. (2009) Using Web 2.0 in education: privacy and integrity in the virtual campus. In, Network Ethics: The New Challenge in Business, ICT and Education; Track 3: Higher Education and Virtual Learning: Ethical Issues and Perspectives, Lisbon, Portugal, 23 - 25 Jun 2009. ... Full text not available from this repository. ... RDF+N-Triples, RDF+N3, RDF+XML, Browse.
Topic This study explores Entrepreneurial Intent (EI) in undergraduate students on induction acro... more Topic This study explores Entrepreneurial Intent (EI) in undergraduate students on induction across two UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) at the transition point between secondary and tertiary education levels. Aim The aim of this study is to explore patterns of self-reported EI in new undergraduate Business students from two UK HEIs. This study builds on previous research at Coventry University (Williamson and Wick 2013 and Smith et al 2017) in order to see if the high EI rates recorded at Coventry University are replicated across other institutions. It reports on the response of students from two UK HEI Business Schools (Coventry and Birmingham City University – BCU), entering undergraduate study in 2018. The study will compare data collected during induction week, before any formal teaching has commenced. Findings The study confirms findings from previous studies and demonstrates that students from both institutions recorded higher than normal levels of EI. However, there w...
This thesis represents an interdisciplinary study with original theoretical contributions to know... more This thesis represents an interdisciplinary study with original theoretical contributions to knowledge identified across three distinct disciplines: Entrepreneurship, the Creative Industries and Gender Studies along with methodological contributions with regards the use of research diaries as a data source. The last fifteen years have seen a huge focus, from policy makers and researchers, on entrepreneurship and the creative industries. Both have been seen as key drivers for economic growth in the UK and beyond. Studies have been wide and varied, looking at both disciplines individually and more recently where they converge. However, there is a paucity of research into the role that gender plays within this sector, and specifically the impact of gender on entrepreneurship within the creative industries. Using a highly reflexive approach, this study examined the career stories of a cohort of fine art graduates, the cohort with whom the researcher had graduated (1991-94, BA Fine Art, ...
On the final day of the ISBE conference 2016 in Paris the creative Industries Entrepreneurship tr... more On the final day of the ISBE conference 2016 in Paris the creative Industries Entrepreneurship track ran a research methods workshop. This sector has seen phenomenal growth over the last 20 years, any time you use software, play a computer game, watch TV, listen to the radio, download an app, step into a building, see a play or simply admire a painting you are coming into contact with the creative industries. Many of the sub-sectors have seen rapid adaption to the digital economy responding to the growing means of content consumption. As one of the largest growth sectors in the UK economy, the Creative Industries, which encompasses film; software design; fine art; designer fashion, theatre and the performing arts; advertising; architecture and design; publishing; broadcast media and recorded music (DCMS, 2001), has grown in interest amongst the entrepreneurship research community (Henry, 2001; Rae, 2004: Carey and Naudin, 2006; Penaluna and Penaluna, 2009; Carey and Matlay, 2010, Ca...
Placing entrepreneurship at the forefront as a path to employment for unemployed female social-ho... more Placing entrepreneurship at the forefront as a path to employment for unemployed female social-housing residents, arguably a usually marginalised group within society, this paper reports on research carried out within Balsall Heath, Birmingham, UK. The field of entrepreneurship is fragmented and known for varied opinions (Keating and Higgins, 2016; Audretsch et al., 2007), with entrepreneurship and identity research growing, this paper aims to narrow these fragmented gaps. This paper seeks to contribute to limited research upon pre-entrepreneurial identity, as the first-step in forming a tailored entrepreneurship support programme and enhance understanding of identity at the pre-entrepreneur stage. A qualitative research methodology is adopted, through traditional storytelling, people naturally arrange their lives, events and experiences into stories as they are ‘narrative thinkers’ (Graham et al., 2015:345). Grounded-theory analysis is applied in aiding the creation of a theoretica...
The study captures the career histories of a cohort of fine art graduates, all of whom had gradua... more The study captures the career histories of a cohort of fine art graduates, all of whom had graduated at the same time (1994), from the same institution. Taking a narrative approach, detailed career stories were obtained. The relationship to and tensions surrounding entrepreneurship and artistic practice were explored in detail. While artistic identity emerges as a strong force for this group, artistic identity and entrepreneurial identity are sometimes at odds with each other. The practicalities of making a living as an artist, arguably, call for entrepreneurial activity. However, the findings suggest that this presents a conflict for some artists, both aesthetically and emotionally. This chapter explores what this means in the context of cultural value, and cultural value as a ‘lens’ for understanding an artist's career.
Purpose -This paper seeks to report on the current state and attitudes towards Enterprise Curricu... more Purpose -This paper seeks to report on the current state and attitudes towards Enterprise Curriculum within higher education (HE) for the creative industries sector. It is based on preliminary findings from the Creative Enterprise Conference (2006) held at UCE Birmingham, which examined the role of HEs in developing future entrepreneurs in this important sector of the UK economy. Design/methodology/approach -This paper explores issues related to enterprise curriculum development in HE through in-depth qualitative analysis of plenary sessions, focused discussions and workshops. A number of stakeholders, including policy makers, academics, researchers and practitioners were invited to explore relevant issues appertaining to "creative enterprises" in the UK. Findings -This paper presents a critical evaluation of the growing specialist literature, activity and research in creative industries, notably: research needs, paucity of pedagogical materials, characteristics of "creative entrepreneurs" as well as how, when, where and in what way should "creative" students be taught about entrepreneurship and self-employment. Practical implications -The study offers stakeholders a critical perspective on current attitudes and practices within creative industries. This paper offers interested parties an opportunity to consider and reflect on how HE can develop relevant curriculum and deliver enterprise education that is pertinent to students who intend to operate in this important sector of economic activity. Originality/value -By capturing current attitudes and good practice in creative industries, this paper emphasises enterprise curriculum development and implementation in a relatively underdeveloped aspect of educational research. It makes tentative suggestions and recommendations on how HE and policy makers might respond to current and future enterprise education needs.