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Rethinking hybrids’ challenges: the case of French mutual insurance companies

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  • Nathalie Lallemand-Stempak

    (GREGOR - Groupe de Recherche en Gestion des Organisations - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School, IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School, Sorbonne Business School - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Abstract

This study seeks to explore the limits of the concept of hybrid organization as it is commonly agreed upon in the literature. It tackles the case of French mutual insurance companies and their for-profit counterparts in the property and casualty sector. Distinguishing two approaches to the notion of hybrid organization, it focuses on the tensions and challenges facing mutuals compared to their for-profit competitors. The evidence, based on the analysis of corporate website data as well as regulatory and professional documentation, stresses the relevance of the concept of hybrid organization as applied to mutuals in view of the external pressures with which they are confronted. Yet, it suggests that the concept has some limitations at the internal level, regarding the articulation of multiple goals. The evidence further suggests that hybrid organizations may carry or develop their own institutional logic(s) and not merely borrow and adapt contradictory logics from the public, charitable or private for-profit sectors. Overall, it contributes to a better understanding of hybrid organizations and opens promising perspectives for further theorization of the concept.

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  • Nathalie Lallemand-Stempak, 2017. "Rethinking hybrids’ challenges: the case of French mutual insurance companies," Post-Print halshs-01935178, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-01935178
    DOI: 10.3917/mana.204.0336
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    Cited by:

    1. Olivier Cristofini, 2021. "Toward a Discursive Approach to the Hybridization of Practice: Insights from the Case of Servitization in France," Post-Print hal-03886255, HAL.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. Christine Lambey-Checchin & Matthieu Lardeau, 2019. "In search for balanced management of tensions: a comparison of two nonprofit back-to-work organizations [A la recherche d’un équilibre dans la gestion des tensions : comparaison de deux association," Post-Print hal-02372339, HAL.

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