PhD defence M. (Malika) Ouacha

Brief summary on the aim of the doctoral thesis:

This dissertation studies cross-border philanthropy performed by diaspora and bi-cultural groups within the context of the Netherlands. I have used Morocco as an example of a homecountry of diaspora and bi-cultural groups, and as the other side of two ends in the comparison between Western and non-Western countries, cultures, religions, and civilizations. This dissertations aims to provide a deeper understanding of diasporic and bicultural motives in philanthropy and volunteering for both academic, governance and corporate interests. By using existing interdisciplinary knowledge, I contribute with diverse literatures to broad categories within the field of international business and management, cultural and political anthropology, socio-psychology and governance. By overall using the qualitative native approach method combined with the phenomena-driven perspective which has recently been called for in the business and management literature (Buckley et al., 2017), I shed light on diaspora and bi-cultural groups and the cross-border philanthropy they perform. While in between understanding the core of diaspora’s inner and outer worlds that decide their motives to give, to cross borders while wondering and wandering towards the homeland.