Who does the job? Workforces of meta-organizations

Sanne Bor and Argyro Almpanopoulou

Chapter 4 in A World of Meta-Organizations, 2026, pp 44-69 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Meta-organizations undertake a variety of work, from organizing meetings to lobbying governments to training employees of member organizations, and how meta-organizations organize that work varies enormously. Nevertheless, knowledge of the organization of people and work in meta-organizations and of the implications for the meta-organization is limited. This chapter seeks to clarify the ways in which meta-organizations organize to accomplish their work, using the concept of workforce to make sense of the differences in organizing the work in meta-organizations. An analysis of 68 meta-organizations enabled us to identify four forms of workforce: rotating, chosen, mixed, and functionally autonomous. This research discusses what their differences mean for practice and theory.

Keywords: Workforce; Secretariat; Member Employees; Meta-Organization Employees; Hosting; Multi-Case Comparison; Meta-Organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035342211
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