The formation of a hybrid organizational identity is a significant challenge for many social
enterprises. Drawing on in‐depth longitudinal data from the first three years of a successful …

Hybrid organizations that combine multiple organizational forms deviate from socially
legitimate templates for organizing, and thus experience unique organizing challenges. In …

In the English language compounds are used to combine ordinarily separate words into a
single expression. In sociological terms, compound nouns in particular often signify an …

How are identities of alternative forms of organization constructed and how does this
process differ relative to normative forms socially expected? In this research, we consider …

Theory and research concerning organizational identity (“who we are as an organization”) is
a burgeoning domain within organization study. A great deal of conceptual and empirical …

Despite the burgeoning research on social enterprise (SE), there is a dearth of research that
investigates the biographical factors that influence the emergence of SEs in the form of …

Drawing on the organizational identity literature, this exploratory study examines the dual
identities of award–winning social ventures recognized by FastCompany magazine and the …

In this inductive study, we shift the focus of stigma research inside organizational boundaries
by examining its relationship with organizational identity. To do so, we draw on the case of …

Building on the emerging body of research on founder identity, Wry and York (2017)
elaborate how an identity-based approach has the potential to extend our knowledge of …

Organizational scholars have proposed a broad range of theoretical approaches to the study
of organizational identity. However, empirical studies on the construct have relied on text …