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Migration Conference 2025

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 [email protected].

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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Day 1: Tuesday, May 27
Full Day + Dinner
8:30-8:50 AM
Arrival, Breakfast, and Registration
8:50-9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
9:00-10:40 AM
Sesson 1: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Economic Mobility
  • Role Congruity Through Digital Technologies: How Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs Defy Prejudices to Mobilize Resources
    • Presented by Luise Kaufmann, Technical University of Munich
  • Refugee Remittances and Transnational Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
    • Presented by William Laramy, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
  • The Impact of Policy Uncertainty on Entrepreneurial Experimentation
    • Presented by Mishita Mehra, University of Richmond
  • From Necessity to Opportunity Entrepreneurship as a Status Production Mechanism
    • Presented by Chris Rider, University of Michigan
10:40–10:55 AM
Coffee Break
10:55 AM–12:10 PM
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 Boyoon Lee, Queens University
  • The Fiscal Effect of Immigration: Influential Estimates Are Severely Biased
    • Presented by Michael Clemens, George Mason University
12:10-1:30 PM
Lunch + Keynote Speaker
  • Elora Mukherjee, Jerome L. Greene Clinical Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and Director of Columbia’s Immigrants' Rights Clinic
1:30–2:30 PM
Session 3: Rapid Research Presentations
  • The Camera Is On! Exploring Migration in a Digital Community of Practice
    • Presented by Abdallah Ournour Hassan Ounour, University of Urbino Carlo Bo and University of Bayreuth
  • Ecosystems of Fragility: Feasibility of Platform Worker Cooperatives in Fragile Contexts
    • Presented by Michelle Lee, Northwestern University
  • Co-production for the Integration of Migrant Human Capital Into the Decent Work
    • Presented by Agnieszka Olter-Castillo, University of Warsaw
  • Steppingstone or Trap: Employment Relationship Configurations and Temporary Worker Career Outcomes
    • Presented by Reed Eaglesham, Cornell University
  • Beggar Thy Neighbor’s Domestic Workforce? Export Competition in South Korea’s Shipbuilding Industry
    • Presented by Manho Kang, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • 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, Ohio Business For Immigration Solutions
  • Strangers at Home and Abroad: Theorizing Foreignness and Ethnoracial Legitimation
    • Presented by Grace Tien, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
2:30-2:45 PM
Coffee Break
2:45-4:05 PM
Session 4: Global Talent, Workforce Strategies, and Firm Adaptation
  • Bridging Borders: The Impact of Temporary High-Skilled Immigration on Offshoring
    • Presented by Zhiling Wang, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • The Impact of Immigration on Firms’ Human Capital Strategy
    • Presented by Francisco Morales, Universidad de los Andes
  • Frictions for Firms in the New Geography of Innovation
    • Presented by Rahul Gupta, Georgetown University
4:05-4:20 PM
Coffee Break
4:20-5:40 PM
Session 5: Identity, Power, and Influence in Migrant-Driven Organizations
  • Nationalism in Multinational Organizations
    • Presented by Shinan Wang, Northwestern University
  • Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Political Clientelism
    • Presented by Ofir Gefen, National University of Singapore
  • Melting Pots or Chunking Stews? Immigrant CEOs, Home Country CSR Norms, and Firm CSR
    • Presented by Xuefei (Sophie) Yu, The University of Hong Kong
6:30 PM
Dinner
Day 2: Wednesday, May 28
Partial Day + PhD Student Symposium
8:30-9:00 AM
Breakfast
9:00-10:20 AM
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, RMIT University
  • Do Salary Expectations Shape the Selectivity of Foreign US-PhD Scientists
    • Presented by Shulamit Kahn, Boston University Questrom School of Business
  • Migrants’ Career Dynamics: Job Hopping Behavior and the Host-Country Immigration Regime: Evidence From Bunker Trading Industry
    • Presented by Kenneth Nygaard and Agnieszka Urszula Nowinska, Aalborg University
10:20-10:35 AM
Coffee Break
10:35 AM-12:00 PM
Session 7: Immigration, Firm Performance, and Competitive Advantage
  • The Unique Blend: Immigrant Talent Combinations and Organizational Performance
    • Presented by Francisco Morales, Universidad de los Andes
  • Immigration and Competitive Advantage: An Integration of RBV, Institutional Theory, and Threshold Dynamics
    • Presented by Alfred Marcus, University of Minnesota
  • Job Mobility, Firm Heterogeneity, and Immigrants’ Wage Assimilation: Evidence from Germany
    • Presented by Mahsa Khoshnama, Princeton University
12:00-1:30 PM
Lunch + Practitioner and Policy Panel
  • Anh-Thu Nguyen, Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Democracy at Work Institute
  • Marlene Orozco, CEO and Founder of Stratified Insights
  • Iliana Perez, Executive Director of Immigrants Rising
  • Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Senior Fellow at American Immigration Council
1:30-4:00 PM
PhD Student Symposium
4:00 PM
Departure

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