From refugee to manager? Organisational socialisation practices, refugees' experiences and polyrhythmic socialisation

Labour market integration of refugees is a challenge to which employers can make major contribution. This study examines how organisational socialisation practices tailored the needs shape refugees' and development. We draw on longitudinal case focused doing apprenticeships in supermarket chain Austria. show set benefit refugees. However, these practices, along with other factors inside outside workplace, also complicate progress because they create tensions related time. identify three temporal propose concept ‘polyrhythmic socialisation’ theorise about specific tensions, their causes consequences. formulate recommendations for practitioners avenues future research.