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Please consider joining us in Anaheim for a symposium on refugee crises
Program Session: 1237 | Submission: 16699 | Sponsor(s): OMT, SIM, PNP
Monday, Aug 8 2016 1:15PM - 2:45PM at Anaheim Marriott in Grand Ballroom Salon E
ORGANIZING AND ADMINISTRATION IN REFUGEE CRISES: AVENUES FOR THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND MIGRATION STUDIES
Session Chair: Royston Greenwood, University of Alberta
Discussant: Jerry Davis, University of Michigan
Presenter: Janina Klein, University of Edinburgh
Presenter: Corinna Frey, University of Cambridge
Presenter: Michael Barrett, University of Cambridge
Presenter: Marlen de la Chaux, University of Cambridge
Organizer & Presenter: Marian K. Gatzweiler, University of Edinburgh
Organizer & Presenter: John Amis, University of Edinburgh
The link between management and refugee studies is still a relatively emerging and underexplored one. Yet, connecting these two areas of research offers promising synergies for both fields. Further, the recent European migration crisis points to the practical need for academic engagement across disciplines in this area. As the studies collected in this symposium demonstrate, the highly dynamic and volatile contexts of refugee crises and humanitarian organisations offer great potential for theoretical insights. This is particularly apposite when we think about the conference theme of 'making organizations meaningful'. The symposium will highlight and discuss empirical and theoretical issues of humanitarian practice that in particular offer potential for contributions from management research as well as imply opportunities for practical impact. To accomplish this, each author draws on different organizational theories and distinct empirical contexts. These include issues surrounding (1) projects to standardize systems and metrics to evaluate humanitarian performance, (2) the implications of the current refugee crises for navigating institutional complexity, (3) the adoption and diffusion of evidence practices in humanitarian emergency contexts, and (4) entrepreneurial activity in refugee camps within the context of institutional voids.
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University of Edinburgh Business School
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