Building meta-organizational expertise: the case of the Collectif des Festivals’ sustainability expertise

Sihem Mammar El Hadj, Laura Sabbado and Ingrid Mazzilli

Chapter 6 in A World of Meta-Organizations, 2026, pp 97-120 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Expertise has usually been analysed at the individual or at the group level, but it is a key yet understudied issue for meta-organizations. In meta-organization studies, expertise has indeed been looked at through the lens of members’ diverse expertise and how this helps meta-organizations take decisions. However, what is the expertise of a meta-organization and where does it reside exactly? The very nature of meta-organizations raises specific questions about expertise implying interactions with members and non-members. In his chapter we build on an in-depth case study of a meta-organization in the cultural sector, which has developed a specific expertise about sustainable practices. Our findings help us define meta-organizational expertise as a set of skills built through a relational process founded on a voluntary commitment of the members that results in accumulating and disseminating knowledge.

Keywords: Meta-Organizational Expertise; Member and Non-Member Relations; Cultural Sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035342211
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