Abstract
We examine how immigrants in new Latino destinations navigate the entrepreneurial process in an unfamiliar institutional field, and how the field, in turn, is affected by immigrant entrepreneurship. Our qualitative process study centers on one new Latino destination in real time as it adjusts to a large and recent influx of Latino immigrants. Through multiple waves of in-depth interviews with immigrant entrepreneurs and community stakeholders; community participation; and secondary data sources, we discover that immigrant entrepreneurship in new Latino destinations serves as a medium through which immigrants gain habitus in a new destination. Additionally, we find that immigrant entrepreneurship in new destinations serves as a rallying force through which community stakeholders transform the field to adjust to increased immigration. Finally, our study shows how immigrant entrepreneurship grants legitimacy to the immigrant community, thus providing immigrant institutional entrepreneurs the ability to enact institutional change.
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