I am trying to take a philosophical approach in trying to explain why immigrants are more entrepreneurial than indigenous South Africans. While I finding out that risk perception may have something to do with it, I am not convinced this explains the differences adequately. A more philosophical approach using authenticity is what I would like to explore.
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Below are some recommendations I give my students on this topic, you might find some of them useful. While not philosophical, you might find the work of anthropologist Arjun Appadurai interesting, especially on migrants:
Adorno, T.W. (2003) The Jargon of Authenticity, Routledge Classics, London & New York: Routledge
Boyle, D. (2003) Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for the Real Life, London: Flamingo
Caroll, G.R. & Wheaton, D.R. (2009) The organizational construction of authenticity: An examination of contemporary food and dining in the U.S., Research in Organizational Behavior, no. 29, pp. 255–82
Gilmore, J. H. & Pine II, B. J. (2007) Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want, Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press
Golomb, J. (1995) In Search of Authenticity. From Kierkegaard to Camus, Problems of Modern European Thought, London: Routledge
Guignon, C. (2004) On Being Authentic. Thinking in Action, London: Routledge
O'Neill, C., Houtman, D. & Aupers , S. (2014) Advertising real beer: Authenticity claims beyond truth and falsity, European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 17 no. 5, pp. 585–601
Best wishes
Jamie
Thank you very much for the responses to my question on authenticity. They certainly gave me something to work on.
Regards
Pearson
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