Non-financial reporting in hybrid organizations – a systematic literature review
ISSN: 2049-372X
Article publication date: 31 January 2023
Issue publication date: 13 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to systematically review the field of non-financial reporting (NFR) in hybrid organizations, focusing on state-owned enterprises, third-sector organizations and public–private partnerships. This is a timely attempt to identify the state of the art in the literature and outline the future research agenda. The paper answers two research questions: RQ1. What can be learned about NFR in hybrid organizations from the existing literature? RQ2. What are the future avenues for research on the topic?
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review method was applied in this paper to summarize evidence from extant literature on NFR in hybrid organizations. The Scopus and Web of Science Core Collection databases were used to locate 92 articles for the review.
Findings
Recent years have witnessed a sharp increase in the number of articles on the topic. Regarding the implications of NFR for hybrid characteristics, NFR has some potential to strengthen the influence of non-market (i.e. state, community and social) logics in hybrid organizations. However, this potential may be limited due to the effect of market logics and the tensions that arise between the multiple logics in hybrid organizations. Regarding the implications of hybrid characteristics for NFR, these characteristics can not only affect the extent, the quality, the likelihood and the institutionalization of NFR but also result in the development of new NFR frameworks. The review calls for more research on the implications of NFR for multiple institutional logics and the implications of these logics for NFR in hybrid organizations.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first literature review that mobilizes insights from hybridity research to analyze NFR literature on diverse hybrid organizations.
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Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the editors and the two anonymous reviewers for their valuable and constructive suggestions. The author is grateful to Giuseppe Grossi and Evgenii Aleksandrov for their insightful comments on various drafts of the paper. Also, the author would like to acknowledge and thank Dorothea Greiling for the constructive comments pertaining to the earlier version of the paper. The author is thankful for the comments received at 18th Biennial Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (CIGAR) Conference and in “Governing and Managing Hybridity” Special Interest Group’s session during IRSPM Conference 2021.
Citation
Ahunov, H. (2023), "Non-financial reporting in hybrid organizations – a systematic literature review", Meditari Accountancy Research, Vol. 31 No. 6, pp. 1757-1797. https://doi.org/10.1108/MEDAR-01-2022-1558
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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