IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v14y2022i16p10301-d891929.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Building a Taxonomy of Hybridization: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Societal Impact

Author

Listed:
  • Tasneem Sadiq

    (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Rotterdam Business School, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, 3063 ND Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Current address of first author: Mandeville Building T11-54, Thomas Morelaan, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.)

  • Rob van Tulder

    (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Partnerships Resource Centre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Karen Maas

    (Department of Accounting and Finance, Open University, 6419 AT Heerlen, The Netherlands
    Impact Centre Erasmus, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Abstract

The hybridization movement reflects the shift and convergence of market-focused corporations on the one hand and social oriented organizations on the other towards more integrated value-creating hybrid arrangements. Hybridity is usually defined as the combination of two different and usually contradicting institutional logics. However, the hybridity literature is incongruent, inconsistent and seemingly addressing different spheres of hybridity, rendering the institutional construct ineffective for empirical analysis between organizations of varied natures. The purpose of this study is to arrive at a conceptualization of hybridity from an institutional perspective that allows for empirical analysis and comparison of the hybrid nature of organizations across time and contexts. Adopting a taxonomical approach based on the societal triangle, a systematic review (n = 109) is conducted to identify characteristics, issues and challenges of eight archetypical hybrid and non-hybrid organizations. Consequently, the authors propose a thematic mapping of relevant issues into five clustered themes. This thematic map can be helpful in guiding the analysis of and comparison between a broad range of different hybrid organizations. This study adds to the existing definitional and terminological debate in the hybridity literature by shifting the focus from a typological classification towards a taxonomical approach of hybridity.

Suggested Citation

  • Tasneem Sadiq & Rob van Tulder & Karen Maas, 2022. "Building a Taxonomy of Hybridization: An Institutional Logics Perspective on Societal Impact," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-22, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:16:p:10301-:d:891929
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/16/10301/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/14/16/10301/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Markus Perkmann & Maureen McKelvey & Nelson Phillips, 2019. "Protecting Scientists from Gordon Gekko: How Organizations Use Hybrid Spaces to Engage with Multiple Institutional Logics," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 30(2), pages 298-318, March.
    2. Ali J. Ahmad & Courtney Thornberry, 2018. "On the structure of business incubators: de-coupling issues and the mis-alignment of managerial incentives," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 43(5), pages 1190-1212, October.
    3. Raminta Pranckutė, 2021. "Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus: The Titans of Bibliographic Information in Today’s Academic World," Publications, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-59, March.
    4. Alex Nicholls & Benjamin Huybrechts, 2016. "Sustaining Inter-organizational Relationships Across Institutional Logics and Power Asymmetries : The Case of Fair Trade," Post-Print hal-02312323, HAL.
    5. McMullen, Jeffery S. & Bergman, Brian J., 2018. "The promise and problems of price subsidization in social entrepreneurship," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 61(4), pages 609-621.
    6. Gifford, Blair & Kestler, Andrew & Anand, Sharmila, 2010. "Building local legitimacy into corporate social responsibility: Gold mining firms in developing nations," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 45(3), pages 304-311, July.
    7. Elisa Villani & Luciano Greco & Nelson Phillips, 2017. "Understanding Value Creation in Public-Private Partnerships: A Comparative Case Study," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(6), pages 876-905, September.
    8. Philip T. Roundy, 2017. "Hybrid organizations and the logics of entrepreneurial ecosystems," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 13(4), pages 1221-1237, December.
    9. Alex Gillett & Kim Loader & Bob Doherty & Jonathan M. Scott, 2019. "An Examination of Tensions in a Hybrid Collaboration: A Longitudinal Study of an Empty Homes Project," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 157(4), pages 949-967, July.
    10. Vivek Kumar Singh & Prashasti Singh & Mousumi Karmakar & Jacqueline Leta & Philipp Mayr, 2021. "The journal coverage of Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions: A comparative analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(6), pages 5113-5142, June.
    11. Cristiano Busco & Elena Giovannoni & Angelo Riccaboni, 2017. "Sustaining multiple logics within hybrid organisations," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 30(1), pages 191-216, January.
    12. Chris Mason & Bob Doherty, 2016. "A Fair Trade-off? Paradoxes in the Governance of Fair-trade Social Enterprises," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 136(3), pages 451-469, July.
    13. Aparicio, Gloria & Basco, Rodrigo & Iturralde, Txomin & Maseda, Amaia, 2017. "An exploratory study of firm goals in the context of family firms: An institutional logics perspective," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 157-169.
    14. Kaufman, Matt & Covaleski, Mark A., 2019. "Budget formality and informality as a tool for organizing and governance amidst divergent institutional logics," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 40-58.
    15. Benjamin Gidron, 2017. "The Dual Hybridity of Social Enterprises for Marginalized Populations," Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(1), pages 1-13, January.
    16. Johansen, Svein T. & Olsen, Trude H. & Solstad, Elsa & Torsteinsen, Harald, 2015. "An insider view of the hybrid organisation: How managers respond to challenges of efficiency, legitimacy and meaning," Journal of Management & Organization, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(6), pages 725-740, November.
    17. Gooneratne, Tharusha N. & Hoque, Zahirul, 2016. "Institutions, agency and the institutionalization of budgetary control in a hybrid state-owned entity," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 58-70.
    18. Ladislav Mura & Tibor Zsigmond & Renáta Machová, 2021. "The effects of emotional intelligence and ethics of SME employees on knowledge sharing in Central-European countries," Oeconomia Copernicana, Institute of Economic Research, vol. 12(4), pages 907-934, December.
    19. Vickers, Ian & Lyon, Fergus & Sepulveda, Leandro & McMullin, Caitlin, 2017. "Public service innovation and multiple institutional logics: The case of hybrid social enterprise providers of health and wellbeing," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 46(10), pages 1755-1768.
    20. Susanna Alexius & Giuseppe Grossi, 2018. "Decoupling in the age of market-embedded morality: responsible gambling in a hybrid organization," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 22(2), pages 285-313, June.
    21. Benjamin Huybrechts & Alex Nicholls & Katharina Edinger, 2017. "Sacred alliance or pact with the devil? How and why social enterprises collaborate with mainstream businesses in the fair trade sector," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(7-8), pages 586-608, August.
    22. Timo Hyvonen & Janne Jarvinen & Jukka Pellinen & Tapani Rahko, 2009. "Institutional Logics, ICT and Stability of Management Accounting," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 241-275.
    23. Per G. Svensson, 2017. "Organizational hybridity: A conceptualization of how sport for development and peace organizations respond to divergent institutional demands," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(5), pages 443-454, December.
    24. Jinyang Hua & Paul Miesing & Mingfang Li, 2006. "An Empirical Taxonomy of SOE Governance in Transitional China," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 10(4), pages 401-433, November.
    25. Frédéric Dufays & Benjamin Huybrechts, 2016. "Where do hybrids come from? : Entrepreneurial team heterogeneity as an avenue for the emergence of hybrid organizations," Post-Print hal-02312325, HAL.
    26. Katja Lindqvist, 2017. "Art ventures as hybrid organisations: tensions and conflicts relating to organisational identity," International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(3), pages 242-259.
    27. Şükrü Özen & K. Ali Akkemik, 2012. "Does Illegitimate Corporate Behaviour Follow the Forms of Polity? The Turkish Experience," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 49(3), pages 515-537, May.
    28. Kolk, Ans & Lenfant, François, 2016. "Hybrid business models for peace and reconciliation," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 59(5), pages 503-524.
    29. Giulio Greco & Silvia Ferramosca & Luciano Marchi, 2015. "Governance codes and types of issuer: a global study," International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 28-56.
    30. Cecilia Rossignoli & Francesca Ricciardi & Sabrina Bonomi, 2018. "Organizing for Commons-Enabling Decision-Making Under Conflicting Institutional Logics in Social Entrepreneurship," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 27(3), pages 417-443, June.
    31. Virginie Svenningsen-Berthélem & Eva Boxenbaum & Davide Ravasi, 2018. "Individual responses to multiple logics in hybrid organizing: The role of structural position," Post-Print hal-02737160, HAL.
    32. Benjamin Huybrechts & Alex Nicholls & Katharina Edinger, 2017. "Sacred alliance or pact with the devil? : How and why social enterprises collaborate with mainstream businesses in the fair trade sector," Post-Print hal-02312083, HAL.
    33. Toru Yoshikawa & Lai Si Tsui-Auch & Jean McGuire, 2007. "Corporate Governance Reform as Institutional Innovation: The Case of Japan," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 18(6), pages 973-988, December.
    34. Alex Nicholls & Benjamin Huybrechts, 2016. "Sustaining Inter-organizational Relationships Across Institutional Logics and Power Asymmetries: The Case of Fair Trade," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 135(4), pages 699-714, June.
    35. Jamali, Dima & Karam, Charlotte & Yin, Juelin & Soundararajan, Vivek, 2017. "CSR logics in developing countries: Translation, adaptation and stalled development," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 52(3), pages 343-359.
    36. Svensson, Per G., 2017. "Organizational hybridity: A conceptualization of how sport for development and peace organizations respond to divergent institutional demands," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(5), pages 443-454.
    37. Martin, Graeme & Farndale, Elaine & Paauwe, Jaap & Stiles, Philip G., 2016. "Corporate governance and strategic human resource management: Four archetypes and proposals for a new approach to corporate sustainability," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 34(1), pages 22-35.
    38. Madeleine Pullman & Annachiara Longoni & Davide Luzzini, 2018. "EMERGING DISCOURSE INCUBATOR: The Roles of Institutional Complexity and Hybridity in Social Impact Supply Chain Management," Journal of Supply Chain Management, Institute for Supply Management, vol. 54(2), pages 3-20, April.
    39. Lander, Bryn, 2016. "Boundary-spanning in academic healthcare organisations," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 45(8), pages 1524-1533.
    40. Nathalie Lallemand-Stempak, 2017. "Rethinking hybrids’ challenges: the case of French mutual insurance companies," Post-Print halshs-01935178, HAL.
    41. Thomas Bauwens & Benjamin Huybrechts & Frédéric Dufays, 2020. "Understanding the Diverse Scaling Strategies of Social Enterprises as Hybrid Organizations," Post-Print hal-02312322, HAL.
    42. Boland Jr., Richard J. & Sharma, Arun K. & Afonso, Paulo Sérgio, 2008. "Designing management control in hybrid organizations: The role of path creation and morphogenesis," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 33(7-8), pages 899-914.
    43. Opara, Michael & Rouse, Paul, 2019. "The perceived efficacy of public-private partnerships: A study from Canada," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 58(C), pages 77-99.
    44. Trude Høgvold Olsen & Elsa Solstad & Harald Torsteinsen, 2017. "The meaning of institutional logics for performance assessment in boards of municipal companies," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6), pages 393-400, September.
    45. James Jungbae Roh & Ma Ga Yang & Kihyun Park & Paul Hong, 2015. "Stakeholders' pressure and managerial responses: lessons from hybrid car development and commercialisation," International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 18(4), pages 506-529.
    46. Alan J. Richardson & Eksa Kilfoyle, 2012. "Merging the Profession: A Historical Perspective on Accounting Association Mergers in Canada," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), pages 77-109, June.
    47. Paula Rossi & Pasi-Heikki Rannisto & Jari Stenvall, 2016. "Creating Innovative Public Services by Fostering Conflicts," South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, , vol. 5(1), pages 1-12, June.
    48. Dima Jamali & Ben Neville, 2011. "Convergence Versus Divergence of CSR in Developing Countries: An Embedded Multi-Layered Institutional Lens," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 102(4), pages 599-621, September.
    49. Dilek Cetindamar, 2018. "Designed by law: Purpose, accountability, and transparency at benefit corporations," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 5(1), pages 1423787-142, January.
    50. Jean-Baptiste Litrico & Marya L. Besharov, 2019. "Unpacking Variation in Hybrid Organizational Forms: Changing Models of Social Enterprise Among Nonprofits, 2000–2013," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 159(2), pages 343-360, October.
    51. Virginie Svenningsen-Berthélem & Eva Boxenbaum & Davide Ravasi, 2018. "Individual responses to multiple logics in hybrid organizing: The role of structural position," Post-Print hal-01939388, HAL.
    52. Tyler Wry & Eric Yanfei Zhao, 2018. "Taking Trade-offs Seriously: Examining the Contextually Contingent Relationship Between Social Outreach Intensity and Financial Sustainability in Global Microfinance," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 29(3), pages 507-528, June.
    53. Chris Skelcher & Steven Rathgeb Smith, 2017. "New development: Performance promises and pitfalls in hybrid organizations—five challenges for managers and researchers," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(6), pages 425-430, September.
    54. Smith, Wendy K. & Gonin, Michael & Besharov, Marya L., 2013. "Managing Social-Business Tensions: A Review and Research Agenda for Social Enterprise," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 23(3), pages 407-442, July.
    55. Hodgson, Geoffrey M., 2019. "Taxonomic definitions in social science, with firms, markets and institutions as case studies," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 15(2), pages 207-233, April.
    56. Bo Karlsson & Anders Hersinger & Monika Kurkkio, 2019. "Hybrid accountants in the age of the business partner: exploring institutional drivers in a mining company," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 185-211, July.
    57. Paul Tracey & Nelson Phillips & Owen Jarvis, 2011. "Bridging Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Creation of New Organizational Forms: A Multilevel Model," Organization Science, INFORMS, vol. 22(1), pages 60-80, February.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Claudia Savarese & Benjamin Huybrechts & Marek Hudon, 2021. "The Influence of Interorganizational Collaboration on Logic Conciliation and Tensions Within Hybrid Organizations: Insights from Social Enterprise–Corporate Collaborations," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 173(4), pages 709-721, November.
    2. Claudia Savarese & Benjamin Huybrechts & Marek Hudon, 2020. "The Influence of Interorganizational Collaboration on Logic Conciliation and Tensions Within Hybrid Organizations: Insights from Social Enterprise–Corporate Collaborations," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/311573, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    3. Pradeep Kumar Hota, 2023. "Tracing the Intellectual Evolution of Social Entrepreneurship Research: Past Advances, Current Trends, and Future Directions," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 182(3), pages 637-659, January.
    4. Janni Grouleff Nielsen & Rainer Lueg & Dennis van Liempd, 2019. "Managing Multiple Logics: The Role of Performance Measurement Systems in Social Enterprises," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-23, April.
    5. Michele Bianchi & Michael J. Roy & Simon Teasdale, 2022. "Towards a Multi-Level Understanding of the Strategies Employed in Managing Hybridity: A Systematic Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.
    6. Syrus M Islam, 2022. "Social impact scaling strategies in social enterprises: A systematic review and research agenda," Australian Journal of Management, Australian School of Business, vol. 47(2), pages 298-321, May.
    7. Ligorio, Lorenzo & Caputo, Fabio & Venturelli, Andrea, 2022. "Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities," Utilities Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    8. Juelin Yin & Dima Jamali, 2021. "Collide or Collaborate: The Interplay of Competing Logics and Institutional Work in Cross-Sector Social Partnerships," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 169(4), pages 673-694, April.
    9. Alinaghian, Leila & Razmdoost, Kamran, 2021. "How do social enterprises manage business relationships? A review of the literature and directions for future research," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 136(C), pages 488-498.
    10. Michele Bianchi, 2021. "Hybrid Organizations: A Micro-Level Strategy for SDGs Implementation: A Positional Paper," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-14, August.
    11. Alex Gillett & Kim Loader & Bob Doherty & Jonathan M. Scott, 2019. "An Examination of Tensions in a Hybrid Collaboration: A Longitudinal Study of an Empty Homes Project," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 157(4), pages 949-967, July.
    12. Gupta, Parul & Chauhan, Sumedha & Paul, Justin & Jaiswal, M.P., 2020. "Social entrepreneurship research: A review and future research agenda," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 113(C), pages 209-229.
    13. Björn C. Mitzinneck & Marya L. Besharov, 2019. "Managing Value Tensions in Collective Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Temporal, Structural, and Collaborative Compromise," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 159(2), pages 381-400, October.
    14. Emmanuelle Reuter, 2022. "Hybrid business models in the sharing economy: The role of business model design for managing the environmental paradox," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(2), pages 603-618, February.
    15. Sara Calvo & Stephen Syrett & Andres Morales, 2020. "The political institutionalization of the social economy in Ecuador: Indigeneity and institutional logics," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 38(2), pages 269-289, March.
    16. Pisani, Niccolò & Kourula, Arno & Kolk, Ans & Meijer, Renske, 2017. "How global is international CSR research? Insights and recommendations from a systematic review," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 52(5), pages 591-614.
    17. Wai Wai Ko & Gordon Liu, 2021. "The Transformation from Traditional Nonprofit Organizations to Social Enterprises: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Perspective," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 171(1), pages 15-32, June.
    18. Tykkyläinen, Saila & Ritala, Paavo, 2021. "Business model innovation in social enterprises: An activity system perspective," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 125(C), pages 684-697.
    19. Bob Doherty & Pichawadee Kittipanya-Ngam, 2021. "The Role of Social Enterprise Hybrid Business Models in Inclusive Value Chain Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-24, January.
    20. Ignacio Bretos & Millán Díaz-Foncea & Carmen Marcuello, 2020. "International Expansion of Social Enterprises as a Catalyst for Scaling up Social Impact across Borders," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-22, April.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:16:p:10301-:d:891929. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.