Actualidades en Psicología ISSN Impreso: 0258-6444 ISSN electrónico: 2215-3535

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Informal, Entrepreneurial, or Precarious Work? The Life Trajectory of Street Food Micro-Business Owners
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Keywords

work
entrepreneurship
informal economy
trabajo
emprendedurismo
economía informal
trabalho
empreendedorismo
economia informal

How to Cite

Nogueira Pinheiro de Oliveira, E., Braz de Aquino, C. A., & Simão Nascimento, J. (2022). Informal, Entrepreneurial, or Precarious Work? The Life Trajectory of Street Food Micro-Business Owners. Actualidades En Psicología, 36(132), 58–71. https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v36i132.43532

Abstract

Objective. This research aimed to understand and analyze the entrepreneurial activity of formal and informal micro-business owners involved in the street food segment in the city of Fortaleza, State of Ceará / Brazil. Method. 10 street food micro-business owners from the city of Fortaleza, aged between 25 and 73 years old, among them sellers of hot dogs, corn, tapioca, pastries, and other types of food products, were interviewed, using semi-structured interviews. Results. One characteristic that becomes paramount for contemporary street food micro-business owners is that of being an entrepreneur. The lack of a career perspective in the formal job market makes the micro-business owners regard the street food segment as a kind of salvation from that context, and convey entrepreneurial ideas focused on informality, which ultimately reinforce precariousness processes.

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