Nonprofit Roles in For-profit Firms: The Institutionalization of Corporate Philanthropy in France

Arthur Gautier (), Anne-Claire Pache and Imran Chowdhury
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Arthur Gautier: ESSEC Business School
Anne-Claire Pache: ESSEC Business School
Imran Chowdhury: Lubin School of Business - Pace University

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Abstract: In this research project we aim to understand the role of institutional entrepreneurship across multiple levels - field, organization, and micro levels - in the institutionalization of a new professional role within organizations. Specifically, we study the rise of the "corporate philanthropy manager," a position inspired by nonprofit values and goals which developed within large French corporations during the period 1979 to 2011. The process of creating, maintaining and legitimizing this new role - philanthropy as a new business function - is the central focus of our study, and we explore how elements of the nonprofit and for-profit worlds came together in this new role, as well as the role of various actors across multiple levels in influencing this combination.

Keywords: Corporate Philanthropy; Institutional Change; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Institutional Work; Professions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-12-06
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