Leadership for cooperatives' digital transitions: from an individualistic to a collectivistic perspective

Louis Cousin (), Luc K. Audebrand, Marta Bruschi and Anastasia Costantini
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Louis Cousin: LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]
Luc K. Audebrand: ULaval - Université Laval [Québec]

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Abstract: The responsibility of leading cooperatives' digital transitions generally falls to managers, who often feel overwhelmed by the expertise required. This chapter aims to re-evaluate this onus on managerial leadership by critiquing the prevalent individualistic leadership perspective rooted in contingency theory. We advocate for a shift towards a collectivistic perspective of leadership that is better aligned with cooperative values of collective action and democratic control, while also recognizing assets in frameworks of inter-cooperation. We focus on cooperative associations, which play a crucial role in stimulating the pooling and sharing of knowledge and resources. A collectivistic perspective provides a useful lens to uncover the leadership practices that emerge out of frameworks of inter-organizational collaboration and can be particularly relevant to study and support a diversification of digital change strategies for the cooperative movement.

Keywords: Cooperatives; Meta-organization; Leadership; Digital innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12-05
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Published in Jerome Nikolai Warren; Lucio Biggiero; Jamin Hübner; Kemi Ogunyemi. The Routledge handbook of cooperative economics and management, Routledge, pp.375-387, 2024, 978-1-032-58385-3. ⟨10.4324/9781003449850-29⟩

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DOI: 10.4324/9781003449850-29

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