Competing Drivers of Hybridity: Third-Sector Housing Organisations in Northern Ireland

Mullins, David; Acheson, Nicholas

doi:10.1007/s11266-013-9423-0

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“…In their discussion of hybridization of third sector housing and support organizations in Northern Ireland, Mullins and Acheson (, p. 1613) argue that “critical theorisation works best by focusing on dynamic processes of hybridisation rather than static descriptions of hybridity”. Denis, Ferlie and Van Gestel (, p. 285) also call for future research that moves beyond a typology of various response strategies to develop a more nuanced understanding of the processes that shape these responses, highlighting the need for a cross‐disciplinary perspective that addresses the gap in organization studies (a lack of attention to the crucial role of politics) and public administration (a more explicit focus on implementation).…”

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“…Skelcher and Smith's (, p. 445) observation that the “likelihood of a blocked hybrid may be moderated by…the value commitment of organizational members” provides a clue as to how this process works. Hybridity encompasses identity as well as organizational structure (Meyer, Egger‐Peitler, Höllerer, & Hammerschmid, , p. 863; Mullins & Acheson, , p. 1613). An individual's social identity derives from membership of a particular social group, such as a bureaucracy, which provides a set of values that guide action as well as shaping organizational structures (Meyer et al, , p. 863).…”

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“…Mullins and Acheson (, p. 1613) note that hybridization may entail various adaptive responses, including accepting trade‐offs such as the one described above. Our interviews reveal that senior public servants are aware that they are making an adaptive response, i.e., they are aware of the need to balance efficiency and effectiveness, while recognizing that achieving an optimal balance may only be possible in the medium to long term because of the political importance of controlling costs.…”

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While social and public policy studies recognize the diversity of actors and processes occurring in the implementation of policy and the organization of public service delivery, analysis of the role of value pluralism in implementation remains underdeveloped. This article contributes to a more nuanced understanding of the relationship between value pluralism and organizational responses to value conflict by exploring the effect of politics on the value choices of senior public servants involved in the design and implementation of Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme. Our analysis shows that politics may play an essential role in facilitating implementation of a complex social policy that contains a number of incommensurable values because successful politics allows these incommensurable values to co-exist and adaption to take place, thereby avoiding organizational dysfunction.

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“…They may also draw in resources as a result of their independent status (e.g. through volunteering and charitable funding) unavailable to state or market competitors (Mullins & Acheson, 2014).…”

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State directed hybridity? – the relationship between non-profit housing organizations and the state in three national contexts

2017

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This paper presents results from the first international comparative study of non-profit housing organisations in Australia, England and the Netherlands to engage with panels of organisational leaders. The study uses a 'modified Delphi method' with Likert-type scaled surveys, followed by indepth interviews. The paper introduces the concept of hybridity as a way of understanding the interaction of state, market and community drivers in steering non-profit housing organisations. In all three countries, findings indicate that there are clear limits to independence from continued state influence. In England this takes the form of state-directed cross-subsidy and welfare reform, in Australia business development strategies have had to respond to volatility and reductions in state funding, while in the Netherlands public policy has recently restricted the remit of associations to a low income niche and reduced commercial involvement. These findings lend support to 'contested logics' models of organisational hybridity rather than either 'out-of-control monstrous hybrids' or linear privatisation models.

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“…This was done through reviewing the characteristics of third sector partnerships, tracing the different responses to procurement policy requirements within the United Kingdom, establishing the key drivers for Northern Ireland's procurement groups, assessing their operation, relative advantages and any barriers to their effectiveness, and considering any innovation and learning present in the process. The research was undertaken in two phases in 2011 and 2012 and was part of a larger study for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (Mullins et al, 2013). The research included a literature review and a review of social housing procurement policy across the UK; stakeholder interviews; and the selection of two out of the three procurement groups for closer study over the two years, including a total of 34 semi-structured interviews.…”

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The Governance of Mandated Partnerships: The Case of Social Housing Procurement

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2015

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Partnership working is nowadays a seemingly ubiquitous aspect of the management and delivery of public services, yet there remain major differences of opinion about how they best work for the different stakeholders they involve. The balances between mandate and trust, and between hard and soft power, are crucial to current debates about public service partnerships. This paper explores the example of social housing procurement in Northern Ireland, and the requirement to form mandated procurement groups. The research shows that the exercise of hierarchical power is still important in network governance; that mandated partnerships alter the balance between trust and power in partnership working, but the impact is uneven; and that these relationships are (re)shaping the 'hybrid' identity of housing associations. The balance between accountability for public resources and the independence of third sector organisations is the key tension in mandated partnerships. The Northern Ireland experience suggests that trust-based networks could provide more productive working relationships in partnerships for service delivery.

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Competing Drivers of Hybridity: Third-Sector Housing Organisations in Northern Ireland

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

Value choices in a mixed economy of care: How politics shapes the implementation of complex social policies

Value choices in a mixed economy of care: How politics shapes the implementation of complex social policies

State directed hybridity? – the relationship between non-profit housing organizations and the state in three national contexts

The Governance of Mandated Partnerships: The Case of Social Housing Procurement

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