When Context Matters: What Happens to International Theory When Researchers Study Refugees

Szkudlarek, Betina; Nardon, Luciara; Osland, Joyce S.; Adler, Nancy J.; Lee, Eun Su

doi:10.5465/amp.2018.0150

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“…In this regard, the socio‐economic context has an impact on organizational processes and outcomes through, for example, the generosity of funding allocated to support organizations, grants and subsidies for employers and the availability of micro‐financing for refugee entrepreneurs (Szkudlarek et al . 2019). Moreover, findings from institutional‐ and organizational‐level studies point to the need for engagement of multiple stakeholders, including governments, non‐governmental organizations, education providers and businesses to address the challenges of refugee workforce integration.…”

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“…2015; Szkudlarek et al . 2019). Second, the institutional system determines the level of support and funding given to support organizations and employers, thereby impacting the organizational‐level engagement in facilitating refugee workforce integration.…”

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“…For example, Szkudlarek et al . (2019) extended the long‐standing theoretical framework of international adjustment by deviating from empirical path dependency on company‐initiated international assignees, to study refugees’ adjustment in receiving countries. Further studies can investigate the long‐standing assumptions on theoretical concepts, such as culture shock and acculturation, which are predominantly researched in expatriation and international study contexts.…”

Section: Researching Refugee Workforce Integrationmentioning

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“…First, relevant theorizing and effective strategies for refugee workforce integration require an in‐depth understanding of the distinctive nature of this group (Szkudlarek et al . 2019). Unlike skilled migrants and expatriates who choose to relocate for professional reasons (Crowley‐Henry and Al Ariss 2018; Guo and Al Ariss 2015), refugees are forced to flee their home countries, and their admission into a new society is not based on a match between their skills and the needs of the job market (Kaabel 2018; Malkki 1995).…”

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Increasing levels of displacement and the need to integrate refugees in the workforce pose new challenges to organizations and societies. Extant research on refugee employment and workforce integration currently resides across various disconnected disciplines, posing a significant challenge for management scholars to contribute to timely and relevant solutions. In this paper, we endeavour to address this challenge by reviewing and synthesizing multidisciplinary literature on refugee employment and workforce integration. Using a relational framework, we organize our findings around three levels of analysis -institutional, organizational and individual -to outline the complexity of factors affecting refugees' employment outcomes. Based on our analysis, we introduce and elaborate on the phenomenon of the canvas ceiling -a systemic, multilevel barrier to refugee workforce integration and professional advancement. The primary contributions of this paper are twofold. First, we map and integrate the multidisciplinary findings on the challenges of refugee workforce integration. Second, we provide management scholarship with a future research agenda to address the knowledge gap identified in this review and advance practical developments in this domain.

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“…acculturation as an outcome). Like in organizational research (Griffin, 2007; Szkudlarek et al., 2019), contextual factors are critical yet often overlooked in acculturation research (Bhatia & Ram, 2009; Chirkov, 2009a,b; Vora et al., 2019). This omission is significant because contextual factors may act as a predictor of acculturation, influencing how individuals internalize, adapt to and retain cultures (Berry, 2006).…”

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A review of organizational research on acculturation from a nonwork–work spillover perspective: Content analysis and future research guidelines

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Acculturation has played an important role in understanding the behaviours, intergroup relations and adjustment of cultural minorities in their mainstream national culture. Additionally, organizational research has shown that acculturation is associated with a range of work‐related variables. Prior reviews on acculturation have not approached the literature from this angle, which we termed a nonwork–work spillover perspective on acculturation. To fill this gap, we conducted a content analysis of quantitative empirical research to examine how acculturation from a nonwork–work spillover perspective has been studied in terms of its conceptualization and operationalization and what has been studied per its association with work‐related variables. This review is especially important given the complexity associated with the conceptualization and operationalization of acculturation, which may affect the validity of the interpretation of research results in this area. We also offer recommendations for addressing the extant research limitations and provide guidance for future research on acculturation in organizational settings.

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When Context Matters: What Happens to International Theory When Researchers Study Refugees

Cited by 55 publications

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Unveiling the Canvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

Unveiling the Canvas Ceiling: A Multidisciplinary Literature Review of Refugee Employment and Workforce Integration

A review of organizational research on acculturation from a nonwork–work spillover perspective: Content analysis and future research guidelines

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