Hybrid Research

Abstract

This chapter addresses some examples of how and why scholars have combined perspectives on organizations. To combine the demographic and relational perspectives, scholars increasingly ask how social networks differ between members of ethno-racial groups and between the men and women, and how these differences explain differences in job opportunities and workplace outcomes. To combine the demographic and cultural perspectives, scholars increasingly ask how cultural schemas and institutional logics shape evaluations of members of different demographic groups. To combine the relational and cultural perspectives, scholars study how cultural elements are embedded in shared meaning structures—webs of ideas and values. While much has been done, there is still ample room for new projects that combine two or all three perspectives to yield new insights into the nature, dynamics, and performance of organizations and the groups and individuals in them, and the impact of organizations on society at large.