Purpose

The present study explored the adjustment (i.e. survival vs stay) of a unique group of Turkish entrepreneur immigrants in the United Kingdom, whose initial experiences upon their move were disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020.

Design/methodology/approach

Ten semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore this immigrant group's experience on the path to potential immigration success or failure as indicators of adjustment. The content of the interviews was analyzed via theoretical thematic analysis.

Findings

Key career capital aspects hindering entrepreneurial effort under the unique conditions of Covid-19 were defined as not knowing how to start a business (in general, in the host country and under extreme conditions), why they should persist to stay, and whom to contact in the host country. Key facilitating career capital aspects were defined as knowing how to revise the business plans when needed and knowing why they left the home country, preferred the host country and should persist to stay there. Each unique aspect was mapped onto specific components of the context (home country, host country and profession) to add depth to the analyses.

Originality/value

The study contributes to the literature primarily by integrating career capital framework with different elements of the context. It also represents the first effort to adopt the framework to identify the critical career capital aspects of entrepreneur immigrants.

中文翻译：

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生存困境：极端环境下企业家移民的关键职业资本方面

目的

本研究探讨了英国一群独特的土耳其企业家移民的调整（即生存与留下），他们移居后的最初经历因 2020 年初的 Covid-19 大流行而中断。

设计/方法论/途径

我们进行了十次半结构化访谈，以探讨该移民群体在潜在移民成功或失败的道路上的经历，作为调整的指标。通过理论主题分析对访谈内容进行分析。

发现

在Covid-19的独特条件下阻碍创业努力的关键职业资本方面被定义为不知道如何创业（一般来说，在东道国和极端条件下），为什么他们应该坚持留下来，以及与谁联系在东道国。促进职业资本的关键方面被定义为知道如何在需要时修改商业计划，并了解他们为什么离开祖国、更喜欢东道国并应该坚持留在那里。每个独特的方面都被映射到背景的特定组成部分（祖国、东道国和职业），以增加分析的深度。

原创性/价值

该研究主要通过将职业资本框架与背景的不同要素相结合来对文献做出贡献。它还代表了采用该框架来确定企业家移民的关键职业资本方面的首次努力。