Organizer: Marya Besharov, Cornell U.
Organizer: Bjoern C. Mitzinneck, Groningen U. (RuG)
Panelist: Patricia H. Thornton, Texas A&M U., College Station
Panelist: Anne-Claire Pache, ESSEC Business School
Panelist: Tyler Wry, The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania
Panelist: Silvia Dorado, U. of Rhode Island
Panelist: Tommaso Ramus, UCP - Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
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| Over the past decade, research on hybridity – the mixing of core organizational elements that would not conventionally go together – has expanded dramatically. Although much recent work examines hybridity in the context of social enterprise and conceptualizes it in terms of institutional logics, both older and emerging research point to hybridity in a broader range of empirical settings and approach it from additional theoretical perspectives. The purpose of this PDW is to integrate and redirect hybridity research so as to broaden its scope and relevance for organizational theory and practice, particularly its potential to contribute to management research on inclusive organizations that seek to address complex social challenges. To do so, leading hybridity scholars will launch and facilitate interactive discussions around three sets of issues. First, we will consider how different perspectives in organizational theory, including institutional logics, categories, identity, and paradox, can inform and be informed by a focus on hybridity. Second, we will consider how hybridity manifests in varied empirical settings, exploring differences across contexts in which mixing of core organizational elements is relatively settled versus more emergent. Third, we will explore what can be gained from studying hybridity not just as a state but also as a process, with attention to dynamics of creating, legitimating, and scaling. Taken as a whole, the PDW will strengthen scholarship on hybridity and contribute to its continued relevance for organizational theory and management practice. |