Ethno-racial minorities are often racialized and consequently excluded from various consumption contexts. Racialized market actors strive to overcome exclusion and gain participation in markets; however, these efforts are often insufficient because they cannot create equitable access to market resources, fair opportunities for voice, and empowerment to shape market practices. Our research identifies digital enclave movements as a unique means by which racialized market actors redirect their resources and mobilize digital network tools to participate in markets. Using a qualitative study of the digital enclave #MyBlackReceipt, we explore tactics supporting the formation and sustenance of digital enclaves and how they support participation in markets. We identify five tactics that racialized market actors employ to foster digital enclaves and enhance market participation: legitimizing, delimitating, vitalizing, manifesting, and bridging. Last, we provide recommendations for policymakers on how to support and foster more equitable participation of ethnic minority groups in markets while addressing the risks of radicalization and the backlash related to enclaves.
Academia has changed over the last decades and so have academic careers. In a 2019 special issue of the journal Academy of Management Learning and Education, we have brought together a set of papers discussing current trends and findings in academic careers and the international academic landscape. In this symposium, five author teams will briefly introduce their research (to be published in the special issues) to the AOM community. In the predominant part of this symposium, we will engage audience members in an interactive discussion about the practical implications from this research. In particular, we aim to help audience members become aware of what insights they can apply to their own careers, what information might be useful in instructing their PhD students or in advising junior colleagues, and what changes senior academic leaders may need to consider making to their own administrate and managerial responsibilities. Our aim for this symposium is to initiate a rethinking of academic careers and our own role in improving the academic work environment worldwide.
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