¿Qué hace que los inmigrantes coreanos de Argentina se concentren en la industria de la indumentaria?

• Kim, Jihye ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Auckland

     University of Auckland

     Nueva Zelanda

     
• Localización: Miríada: Investigación en Ciencias Sociales, ISSN 1851-9431, ISSN-e 2250-4621, Vol. 8, Nº. 12, 2016, págs. 77-94
• Idioma: español
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  • español

    Entre los aproximadamente 20.000 coreanos étnicos que habitan en la Argentina hoy, más del 80 por ciento se dedica a la industria de la indumentaria, tanto en los sectores de producción como de distribución. Desde el comienzo de la migración coreana a la Argentina, hacia 1965, la industria de la confección y de la indumentaria de ese país ha funcionado como una puerta de entrada característica de la sociedad anfitriona para la mayoría de los coreanos étnicos. Esto se debe a una combinación única de características socioculturales de los inmigrantes, así como a las particularidades de los entornos económicos y sociales del país anfitrión. A partir del análisis de 20 entrevistas en profundidad realizadas en 2014 a empresarios inmigrantes coreanos de la industria de la confección argentina, esta investigación muestra que varios factores han participado en la decisión de la primera generación de coreanos de iniciar un negocio de indumentaria en ese sitio. A diferencia de los puntos de vista tradicionales de los sociólogos, que tienden a centrarse en los factores de atracción-repulsión y en el papel del capital social (los lazos familiares y las redes étnicas), los resultados de este estudio ponen de relieve la importancia de los contextos estructurales, sociales y económicos en la determinación de la decisión de entrada de un inmigrante empresarial.

  • English

    Of the approximately 20,000 ethnic Koreans in Argentina today, more than 80% are engaged in the garment industry, in both the production and the distribution sectors. Since the beginning of Korean migration to Argentina in 1965, the Argentine garment industry has served as a distinctive gateway into the host society for most ethnic Koreans because of a combination of unique socio-cultural characteristics and values these immigrants bring to business and the particularities of the economic and social environments in the host country. Based on the analysis of 20 in depth interviews with Korean immigrant entrepreneurs in the Argentine garment industry conducted in 2014, this research demonstrates that various factors were involved in the decision of first-generation Koreans in Argentina to start a garment business. Unlike the traditional views of sociologists, who tend to focus on the pull and push factors and the roleof social capital, such as family ties and ethnic networks, the results of this study highlight the importance of the wider structural, social andeconomic contexts in which ethnic businesses operate in determining animmigrant’s entrepreneurial entry decision.

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