Meta-organizations for Transformative Change

Georg Reischauer, Héloïse Berkowitz (), Ashley Metz and Sophie Michel
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Georg Reischauer: Leuphana University of Lüneburg, JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität = Johannes Kepler University
Héloïse Berkowitz: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AMU - Aix Marseille Université
Ashley Metz: Universiteit van Tilburg = Tilburg University [Netherlands]
Sophie Michel: EM Strasbourg - École de Management de Strasbourg = EM Strasbourg Business School - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg

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Abstract: Meta-organizations – organizations whose members are themselves organizations – have emerged as an important driver of collective action resulting in transformative changes. These changes can increase sustainability and responsibility in organizations, industries, and society as a whole. At present, we face a paradoxical moment where horizons of collective action can both expand and shrink, calling for scholarship on the role of meta-organizations in expanding, maintaining, or even shrinking horizons for transformative change. Here, we take stock of how papers in this volume contribute to better understanding of this issue. We also highlight the need to design meta-organizations that deliberately change social orders to be more sustainable. To do so, we reflect on core features of transformative meta-organizations and highlight the importance of collective imaginaries and the roles meta-organizations can play in pluralizing them.

Date: 2026-11-19
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Published in Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 2026, 1, pp.1-20. ⟨10.1108/S0733-558X20260000106001⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/S0733-558X20260000106001

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