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Problems of Korean immigrant entrepreneurship
International migration review • 24 (3) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 436-455
By: Min, Pyong Gap.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Based on interviews with 557 Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, California, and evaluated in conjunction with ethnic newspaper articles and personal observations, this study analyzes some of the major problems of Korean entrepreneurs in the United States. These problemsinclude long hours of work and the concentration of businesses in low income, minority areas, that are high in crime and exploitation. In addition, the low level, blue collar businesses in which the entrepreneurs are engaged lead to problems of status inconsistency, and their segregation into the Korean ethnic sub-economy hinders cultural and social assimilation into mainstream American society (p. 436).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mercantile business
- Labor supply and employment
- Individual enterprise
- Status, role, and prestige
- Social relationships and groups
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Korean Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1995
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Pyong Gap Min
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-455)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 85645414
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Korean Americans