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Medhanie Gaim

Research qualifications: Docent
Educational qualifications: Recognised university teacher

Contact

E-mail
medhanie.gaim@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 80 44

Works at

Affiliation
Associate professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) Section: Business Administration, Management
Location
Samhällsvetarhuset, Biblioteksgränd 6, A33701 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Organizational paradoxes: theory & practice
London: Sage Publications 2024
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart R.; Pina e Cunha, Miguel
Eight paradoxical tensions of organizational improvisation
The routledge companion to improvisation in organizations, Abingdon; New York: Routledge 2024 : 50-64
Pina e Cunha, Miguel; Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart
How startups can land a second meeting with a corporate partner
Harvard Business Review
Nair, Sujith; Gaim, Medhanie
Elgar introduction to designing organizations
Elgar Introductions to Management and Organization Theory series
Cunha, Miguel; Stewart, Clegg; Gaim, Medhanie; et al.
In Praise of Paradox Persistence: Evidence from the Sydney Opera House Project
Project Management Journal, Sage Publications 2022, Vol. 53, (4) : 397-415
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart; Cunha, Miguel
Organizational paradox
Elements in Organization Theory
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart; Pina e Cunha, Miguel; et al.
Preparing for Your Company’s First Meeting with a Startup Collaborator
Harvard Business Review
Gaim, Medhanie; Nair, Sujith; Blomquist, Tomas
Toward the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: Organizing Early-phase New-venture Creation Support Systems
Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management 2022, Vol. 47, (1) : 162-183
Nair, Sujith; Gaim, Medhanie; Dimo, Dimov
The rubber band effect: Managing the stability-change paradox in routines
Scandinavian Journal of Management, Elsevier 2022, Vol. 38, (2)
Rosales, Virginia; Gaim, Medhanie; Berti, Marco; et al.
Paradox beyond East/West orthodoxy: the case of Ubuntu
Interdisciplinary dialogues on organizational paradox: learning from belief and science, part A, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2021 : 29-50
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart
Managing impressions rather than emissions: Volkswagen and the false mastery of paradox
Organization Studies, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 42, (6) : 949-970
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart; Pina e Cunha, Miguel
Use of MOOC and Digital Technologies to Study Effects of Liability of Foreignness on Venture Formation in Forced Immigration: Case Study of Refugee Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Aided Education, ICISCAE 2021, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2021 : 54-61
Hejrati, Zahra Seyedeh; Gaim, Medhanie; Eesley, Charles E.; et al.
The Lived Experience of Paradox: How Individuals Navigate Tensions during the Pandemic Crisis
Journal of Management Inquiry, Sage Publications 2021, Vol. 30, (2) : 154-167
Pradies, Camille; Aust, Ina; Bednarek, Rebecca; et al.
Liability of Foreignness and Refugee Venture Formation: Case Study of Refugee Entrepreneurship in Ethiopia
Strategic Management Society: 41st Annual Conference
Seyedeh, Zahra; Gaim, Medhanie; Eesley, Charles
The temporal-enduring paradox: the case of Umeå capital of culture 2014
Tensions and paradoxes in temporary organizing, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2020 : 37-60
Clegg, Stewart; Cunha, Miguel; Gaim, Medhanie; et al.
All paradoxes are not created equal: Power, Identity and Perceived Paradox Intensity
Hamburg, Germany: 2020
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart; Cunha, Miguel; et al.
Orchestrating Ecosystems: Interactive Spaces for Startup-Corporate Collaboration
Management of Innovation and Technology, Göteborg: Stiftelsen IMIT 2020, (3) : 8-9
Gaim, Medhanie; Nair, Sujith; Blomquist, Tomas
Stretching Routines: How Newcomers’ Learning Process Shapes Routine Dynamics
Proceedings
Rosales, Virginia; Gaim, Medhanie; Rouleau, Linda
The False Mastery of Paradox: The Case of Volkswagen Emissions Scandal
Academy of Management Proceedings
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart R.; Pina Cunha, Miguel
The role of space for a paradoxical way of thinking and doing: a study of idea work in architectural firms
Creativity and Innovation Management, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 28, (2) : 265-281
Gaim, Medhanie; Wåhlin, Nils; Jacobsson, Mattias
On the emergence and management of paradoxical tensions: the case of architectural firms
European Management Journal, Oxford: Elsevier 2018, Vol. 36, (4) : 497-518
Gaim, Medhanie
The perils of paradox: Lessons from VW’s emissions scandal
34th EGOS Colloquium - Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected, Tallinn, Estonia, July 5-7, 2018
Gaim, Medhanie; Clegg, Stewart; Cunha, Miguel
Not all paradoxes are created equal: typologies and dynamics of responses to paradoxes
34th EGOS Colloquium: Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected, July 5–7, 2018, Tallinn, Estonia
Gaim, Medhanie; Manzoni, Beatrice
Analyzing competing demands in organizations: a systematic comparison
Journal of Organization Design, Springer 2018, Vol. 7, (6)
Gaim, Medhanie; Wåhlin, Nils; Cunha, Miguel Pina e; et al.
The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: A Design Science Approach for Support Systems
Academy of Management Proceedings
Nair, Sujith; Gaim, Medhanie
Paradox As the New Normal: essays on framing, managing and sustaining organizational tensions
Studier i företagsekonomi. Serie B, 95
Gaim, Medhanie
In search of a creative space: A conceptual framework of synthesizing paradoxical tensions
Scandinavian Journal of Management, Vol. 32, (1) : 33-44
Gaim, Medhanie; Wåhlin, Nils
Towards a nuanced understanding of tensions in organizations: a reconceptualization and systematic comparison
Lund: 2013
Gaim, Medhanie
Embracing Paradoxes: A Dialogical Perspective
Lund: 2013
Gaim, Medhanie
In search of a creative space: A conceptual framework of synthesizing paradoxes
29th EGOS Colloquium
Gaim, Medhanie; Wåhlin, Nils
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Research groups

Head of research
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and New Venture Creation

Research projects

1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022
Organizing interactive spaces for new venture creation
Published: 31 May, 2021
Published: 27 May, 2020