Entrepreneurial passion, patriotism, nationalism and resilience: Understanding Ukrainian refugee women’s entrepreneurial intentions in constrained contexts
Journal: International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship
Year: 2025

This article investigates how Ukrainian refugee women entrepreneurs utilise agency to decide whether to remain in their host countries; we draw drawing upon notions of nationalism, patriotism, resilience and entrepreneurial passion in shaping such intentions. We undertook a statistical analysis of questionnaire responses from 134 Ukrainian refugee women who applied for temporary asylum in European nations and an analysis of 13 interviews collected in Finland. In contrast to patriotism, nationali