The travel of a labour market integration method- Institutional contexts shaping the translation of an idea into practice
Abstract
The study investigates how public and private organisations adopt novel labour market
integration practices and their implications. It is informed by the case of one Multinational
Cooperation (MNC) and two municipal companies that have adopted a novel method to
integrate recent refugees and youths into the labour market in Sweden, called job tracks.
Theoretically; we build on translation theories in organisation studies. The study is based on
semi-structured interviews combined with observations and internal documents. The findings
show differences and similarities in the translation of accounts of the job track into the different
settings: recruitment process, education, usage of professional certificate or validation tools,
and financial resources. The different translations of the job tracks are explained by the
institutional context of each organisation, which cannot be taken for granted. This leads to a
variation of the original model as the idea travels from one organisation to another
organisational context. Despite being either a public or a private company, where one would
expect a public company being driven by social and political demands and a private company
to be driven by technicality and efficiency, the findings illustrate a paradox where
contemporary organisations take inspiration from other institutional contexts and add features
usually belonging to other sectors.
Degree
Master 2-years
Other description
MSc in Management
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Date
2021-06-29Author
Truong, Erik
Sjödin, Felicia
Keywords
Translation
travel of ideas
locallity
labour market integration
validation
employability
institutional context
novel method
institutional confusion
Series/Report no.
Master Degree Project
2021:107
Language
eng