Abstract
In light of failing integration policies and practices, we provide a qualitative evaluation of a social innovation that aims to facilitate integration by providing refugees an opportunity to reside temporarily with locals. Our analysis of the experiences shared by refugee guests and local hosts provides insight on the theory and practice of refugee integration in three ways: we (1) inform research and policy on the effectiveness of staying with a local as a means for integrating refugees, (2) unpack the mechanisms through which staying with a local facilitates refugee integration, and (3) theoretically enrich the literature on indicators of integration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 321-335 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 17 May 2021 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
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Publisher Copyright:© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Funding
An earlier version of this manuscript has been presented at the 2019 Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston. We thank the participants for their suggestions.
Keywords
- indicators of integration
- refugee housing
- Refugee integration
- social bridges
- social innovation
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