Organizational imaginaries : tempering capitalism and tending to communities through cooperatives and collectivist democracy
Author
Additional Author(s)
Chen, Katherine K.
Chen, Victor Tan
Publisher
Bingley, U.K: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2021
Language
English
ISBN
9781838679910
Series
Research in the sociology of organizations 72
Subject(s)
COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
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Abstract
Our everyday lives are structured by the rhythms, values, and practices of various organizations, including schools, workplaces, and government agencies. These experiences shape common-sense understandings of how ';best' to organize and connect with others. Today, for-profit managerial firms dominate society, even though their practices often curtail information-sharing and experimentation, engender exploitation, and exclude the interests of stakeholders, particularly workers and the general public. This 'Research in the Sociology of Organizations' volume explores an expansive array of organizational imaginaries, or conceptions of organizational possibilities, with a focus on collectivist-democratic organizations that operate in capitalist markets but place more authority and ownership in the hands of stakeholders other than shareholders
