This paper comprises of the exploratory in-depth study of two social enterprises operating in the area of employment for marginalized groups for their work and social integration. Magnitude of social enterprise organizations from Poland operate in social economy as work and social integration of the marginalized groups. Anchored in third sector, these organizations operate on hybrid basis, between different institutional logics. . Majority of the literature on hybrid organizations is focused on hybridity of form, with resulting business administration actions between the competing logics, where two hybridity dimensions, related to „form” are put forward: governance, profit distribution. This discussion is recently enriched by Gidron’s (2016) work which highlights the hybridity of „substance” meaning the organizational processes and practices within, aimed at employment and worker welfare. The study aims to augment the existing theoretical contributions on form and substance dimensions of hybridity, by highlighting on how hybridity leadsto outcomes on micro, mezo and macro institutional level (Tracey, Phillips, Jarvis, 2011) innovation. Our approach is set in positive organizational scholarship (Cameron and Spreitzer, 2012). Through in-depth, explorative case approach, we provide insights into how social dimension in entrepreneurship shapes these formal structures and substance, and what outcomes and impact these bring on institutional social innovation level. On the micro level, novel organizational services combining welfare and employment are identified, on the mezo level new organizational form emerges, treating combination of disability and regular human resource as complementary, not antagonistic. On the macro level, in the specific cultural and institutional setting a legitimacy is being given to this new organizational form.
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3. Governance, employment and human resource management
