Abstract
The body of literature around minority entrepreneurship has been well established over the past few decades. Research however in the context of the hospitality industry on this topic has been lacking. Therefore a goal of this study was to examine the minority entrepreneur experience in the hospitality industry in order to fill this gap in the literature. Specifically, the purpose of the study was to examine black entrepreneurs. Participants discussed their personal definition of entrepreneurship, the challenges they faced while growing the business, and how they believe race impacted their success as a business owner. Responses were analyzed and future directions identified.
Highlights
The Hospitality industry is a field that has been ripe with the entrepreneurial spirit from its beginnings (Li, 2008)
Bull and Willard (1993) examined the definition of entrepreneurship and concluded that after over 200 years, the study of entrepreneurship has yet to yield an agreed-upon definition. This can further be seen through the diverging of types of entrepreneurship to include social entrepreneurship (Austin, Stevenson, & Wei-Skillern, 2006; Ergul & Johnson, 2011; Dzisi & Otsyina, 2014) and lifestyle entrepreneurship (Dewhurst & Horobin, 1998; Getz & Carlsen, 2000; Atelijevic & Doorne, 2000; Getz, Carlsen, & Morrison, 2004; Dawson, Fountain, & Cohen, 2011). While this area of academic inquiry is still full of pertinent research questions, the current study focuses on the topic of minority entrepreneurship—examining the Black entrepreneurship experience
The purpose of this study is to explore minority entrepreneurship experiences, the Black entrepreneurship experience, in the hospitality industry to fill a gap of missing inquiry in the growing body of hospitality entrepreneurship research
Summary
The Hospitality industry is a field that has been ripe with the entrepreneurial spirit from its beginnings (Li, 2008). From Ray Kroc’s McDonald’s to J.W. Marriott’s hotels, there are plenty of examples of entrepreneurship from a large firm perspective; the hospitality industry is dominated by small- and medium-sized firms (Getz & Carlsen, 2000; Wagner, Gorgievski, & Rijsdijk, 2010; Chang, 2011). Marriott’s hotels, there are plenty of examples of entrepreneurship from a large firm perspective; the hospitality industry is dominated by small- and medium-sized firms (Getz & Carlsen, 2000; Wagner, Gorgievski, & Rijsdijk, 2010; Chang, 2011) These small- to medium-sized firms operate in businesses ranging from travel and tourism to accommodations and events (Peters & Kallmuenzer, 2018). There is, a growing body of literature that examines entrepreneurship in the hospitality context (Chang, 2011; Carmaichael & Morrison, 2011; Peters & Kallmuenzer, 2018)
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