What are meta-organizations allowed to do? Dimensions and dynamics of mandates

Sanne Bor and Ville-Pekka Sorsa

Chapter 3 in A World of Meta-Organizations, 2026, pp 28-43 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter explores which factors impact the mandate given to a meta-organization, a central though little-explored area in meta-organization theory. To understand differences in mandates, we will assess meta-organizational mandates on three dimensions: the breadth of the content the meta-organization can deal with, the depth of authority that a meta-organization has to deal with the content, and the room for intervention in member organizations’ affairs afforded to the meta-organization. We present the factors affecting the mandate on those three dimensions. We argue that meta-organizational mandates are changing and dynamic, highlighting that members may reconsider mandates due to changes in the meta-organization, the member organizations, or the environment.

Keywords: Mandate Scope; Breadth of Content; Depth of Authority; Space of Intervention; Meta-Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035342211
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