Medhanie Gaim

Associate Professor (Docent) of Management interested in paradox theory and entrepreneurship. Currently serving as the coordinator of the Management section at USBE.

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medhanie.gaim@umu.se

090-786 80 44

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Universitetslektor vid Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet Enhet: Företagsekonomi, Management

Samhällsvetarhuset, Biblioteksgränd 6, A33701 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

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I am an Associate Professor (Docent) of Management at Umeå School of Business and Economics. My research focuses on paradox theory and entrepreneurship. My research has been published in academic journals such as the Academy of Management Review, Organization Studies, Harvard Business Review, and Journal of Management Inquiry.

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