2025 Migration and Organizations Conference
Premier Gathering of Scholars
The premier gathering of scholars at the intersection of migration and organizations. Now in its seventh edition, this conference is designed to advance rigorous research and strengthen our community of scholars. We are a welcoming group open to all disciplinary and methodological approaches.
This year's conference is hosted by the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia Business School and supported by the ESG Initiative at the Wharton School. This event is by invitation only. If you are interested in being added to the invitation list, please contact hb2743@gsb.columbia.edu.
Tuesday, May 27 to Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Columbia Business School
David Geffen Hall
645 West 130th Street, New York, NY 10027
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Arrival, Breakfast, and Registration
Welcome Remarks
Sesson 1: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility
- Role Congruity Through Digital Technologies: How Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs Defy Prejudices to Mobilize Resources
- Presented by Luise Kaufmann
- Refugee Remittances and Transnational Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
- Presented by William Laramy
- The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Entrepreneurial Experimentation
- Presented by Mishita Mehra
- From Necessity to Opportunity Entrepreneurship as a Status Production Mechanism
- Presented by Yoonha Kim
Coffee Break
Session 2: Immigration Policy and Economic Impact
- Organizational Resilience to Immigration Policy Shocks: A Resource Dependence Perspective
- Presented by Yong Li
- Executive Influence on Employment-Based Legal Immigration
- Presented by Jongwoo Jeong
- The Fiscal Effect of Immigration: Influential Estimates Are Severely Biased
- Presented by Michael Clemens
Lunch + Keynote Speaker
Session 3: Rapid Research Presentations
- The Camera Is On! Exploring Migration in a Digital Community of Practice
- Presented by Abdallah Ournour Hassan Ounour
- Ecosystems of Fragility: Feasibility of Platform Worker Cooperatives in Fragile Contexts
- Presented by Michelle Lee
- Co-production for the Integration of Migrant Human Capital Into the Decent Work
- Presented by Agnieszka Olter-Castillo
- Steppingstone or Trap: Employment Relationship Configurations and Temporary Worker Career Outcomes
- Presented by Reed Eaglesham
- Beggar Thy Neighbor’s Domestic Workforce? Export Competition in South Korea’s Shipbuilding Industry
- Presented by Manho Kang
- A Look at Blue-collar Workplace Culture in Two Diverse Workplaces Through the Voices of US-born and Immigrant Workers Working Together
- Presented by Thomas Milligan
- Strangers at Home and Abroad: Theorizing Foreignness and Ethnoracial Legitimation
- Presented by Grace Tien
Coffee Break
Session 4: Global Talent, Workforce Strategies, and Firm Adaptation
- Bridging Borders: The Impact of Temporary High-Skilled Immigration on Offshoring
- Presented by Zhiling Wang
- The Impact of Immigration on Firms’ Human Capital Strategy
- Presented by Francisco Morales
- Frictions for Firms in the New Geography of Innovation
- Presented by Rahul Gupta
Coffee Break
Session 5: Identity, Power, and Influence in Migrant-Driven Organizations
- Nationalism in Multinational Organizations
- Presented by Shinan Wang
- Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Political Clientelism
- Presented by Ofir Gefen
- Melting Pots or Chunking Stews? Immigrant CEOs, Home Country CSR Norms, and Firm CSR
- Presented by Xuefei (Sophie) Yu
Dinner
Breakfast
Session 6: Skilled Migration and Labor Market Integration
- Navigating the Skill Paradox in Australia: Institutional Barriers, Labour Shortages, and Talent Underutilization
- Presented by June Tran
- Do Salary Expectations Shape the Selectivity of Foreign US-PhD Scientists
- Presented by Shulamit Kahn
- Migrants’ Career Dynamics: Job Hopping Behavior and the Host-Country Immigration Regime: Evidence From Bunker Trading Industry
- Presented by Kenneth Nygaard
Coffee Break
Session 7: Immigration, Firm Performance, and Competitive Advantage
- The Unique Blend: Immigrant Talent Combinations and Organizational Performance
- Presented by Francisco Morales
- Immigration and Competitive Advantage: An Integration of RBV, Institutional Theory, and Threshold Dynamics
- Presented by Alfred Marcus
- Job Mobility, Firm Heterogeneity, and Immigrants’ Wage Assimilation: Evidence from Germany
- Presented by Mahsa Khoshnama