Identificações humanitárias: respostas heterogêneas à complexidade institucional do Médecins Sans Frontières

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Neha Chatwani
Gazi Islam
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6503-6018

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Estudos de complexidade institucional exploraram como múltiplas lógicas influenciam as práticas organizacionais. No presente artigo, ilustramos como se mantém uma lógica única por meio de suas representações e práticas heterogêneas e de uma forte identificação, neste caso, com a lógica do humanitarismo. Usando o caso de Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), desenvolvemos uma teoria em torno do trabalho de identidade e da atuação heterogênea da lógica institucional. O artigo oferece três exemplos históricos de como o MSF se engajou em práticas radicalmente diferentes ao longo do tempo e do espaço, ao mesmo tempo que aderiu a uma lógica humanitária contínua, porém polimorfa. Esse aparente paradoxo é explicado a partir das contradições internas observadas na lógica humanitária, contradições que só não levam ao caos em virtude dos persistentes efeitos de coesão da identidade. Discutimos as implicações para a compreensão da identidade organizacional e da diversidade institucional.

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Chatwani, N., & Islam, G. (2020). Identificações humanitárias: respostas heterogêneas à complexidade institucional do Médecins Sans Frontières. Cadernos EBAPE.BR, 18(Especial), 648–666. https://doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120200188x
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