Designing Purpose-Driven Organizations

This research symposium will present current empirical work examine how purpose driven organizations are structured. With growing interest in organizational purpose, defined as the pursuit of goals beyond short- term profit maximization, an important but understudied question concerns how organizational governance, authority structures, leadership roles, and other elements of organizational design shape the pursuit and content of organizational purpose. This panel will share four cutting edge empirical projects from leading scholars in the field, and discussion will be led by a leading organizational theorist who has written on the confluence of organization design and purpose. Does a team commitment increase with a stronger communication of firm’s purpose? Author: Pauline Asmar; HEC Paris Author: Rodolphe Durand; HEC Paris The Potential Advantage of Dual Purpose Organizations Author: Trevor Daniel Young-Hyman; U. of Pittsburgh Author: Romain Boulongne; IESE Author: Pascual Berrone; IESE Business School An Integrative Model of Hybrid Governance Author: Anne-Claire Pache; ESSEC Business School Author: Julie Battilana; Harvard U. Author: Channing Spencer; Harvard Business School