How can small and medium-sized organizations with hybrid objectives preserve their mission? A social capital approach

¿Cómo preservan su misión las pequeñas y medianas organizaciones con objetivos híbridos? Un enfoque de capital social

Lorea Narvaiza Cantin (), Félix Arrieta Frutos (), Cinta Guinot Viciano () and Cristina Aragón Amonarriz ()
Additional contact information
Lorea Narvaiza Cantin: Universidad de Deusto, España.
Félix Arrieta Frutos: Universidad de Deusto, España.
Cinta Guinot Viciano: Universidad de Deusto, España.
Cristina Aragón Amonarriz: Universidad de Deusto, España.

REVESCO: Revista de estudios cooperativos, 2021, issue 139, e77443

Abstract: The ability of hybrid organizations to achieve different and potentially collusive aims simultaneously can cause tension with their stakeholders. The aim of this paper is to explore how small and medium-sized organizations try balance their threatened social and economic goals through social capital in order to achieve hybridity. We follow a case study approach to explore how three small and medium-sized organizations deal with hybridity. The results show the importance of balancing different types of social capital, such as bonding and bridging, to be able to face the lock-in and dependence risks that challenge their hybrid nature. We identify the conditions that SMOs should fulfill to avoid these risks and we roll out a set of strategies for SMOs to achieve sustainable hybridity. Finally, we highlight the relevance of supportive ecosystem backing SMOs’ hybrid purposes consistently.

Keywords: Bonding social capital; Bridging social capital; Social services; Hybrid organizations; Case study.; Capital social entre semejantes; Capital social entre dispares; Servicios sociales; Organizaciones híbridas; Caso de estudio. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 L29 L32 M14 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://eprints.ucm.es/id/eprint/68135/1/2021-139(e77443).pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ucm:reveco:y:2021:i:139:p:e77443

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos. Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Despacho 46 Pabellón 6º. Campus de Somosaguas. 28223 Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, España

DOI: 10.5209/reve.77443

Access Statistics for this article

REVESCO: Revista de estudios cooperativos is currently edited by Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

More articles in REVESCO: Revista de estudios cooperativos from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Escuela de Estudios Cooperativos Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Águeda González Abad ().