Toward advancing theoretical perspectives of hybrid organizations: Insights from faith-based social enterprises in the developing countries

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K02285
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Rikio 立命館アジア太平洋大学, サステイナビリティ観光学部, 教授 (50517034)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 森田 哲也 東京基督教大学, 神学部, 准教授 (30747390)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 社会的企業 / カンボジア / エチオピア / ハイブリッド組織 / 制度ロジック / 批判的実在論 / 宗教性 / コロナ禍

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research focuses on the operational manifestations of social enterprises in Cambodia and Ethiopia managed as hybrid organizations under the logics of business profitability, social mission, and religious mission. Through a comparative case analysis, we made an attempt to typologize these organizations, necessary for the construction of a theoretical framework. By evaluating the balance and interaction of complex logics within each enterprise, the organizational forms were classified into four typologies. Notably, despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, certain enterprises managed to maintain the balance of the three logics and demonstrated resilience. These findings contribute significantly to deepening our understanding of the balance of logics and resilience within social enterprises.

Free Research Field

社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、Besharov & Smith (2014)とWry & York (2017)による社会的企業の組織論に基づき、カンボジアとエチオピアの社会的企業のロジックの類型化を行った。ビジネス収益性、社会的使命、宗教的使命の三つのロジックがどのように関連し、補完もしくは競合するかについての洞察を提供し、起業家のアイデンティティがロジックの選択・意思決定に影響を与える様子を明らかにした。また、宗教的ロジックがビジネスロジックや社会的使命と競合せず補完的に作用することで、組織のレジリエンスを高める可能性も示唆した。