Another perspective on organizational democracy: The case of reverse dominance hierarchies

La démocratie organisationnelle autrement: l’exemple des hiérarchies à domination inversée

Stéphane Jaumier, Thibault Daudigeos (), Isabelle Huault and Vincent Pasquier
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Stéphane Jaumier: EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management
Thibault Daudigeos: EESC-GEM Grenoble Ecole de Management
Isabelle Huault: Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres

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Abstract: The current article concerns the possibility for companies to adopt radical democratic practices. To that purpose, the authors build on the ‘reverse dominance hierarchy' concept, which applies to organizations in which a hierarchical structure paradoxically fosters equality and democracy. An ethnographic study of a worker co-operative is used to describe the egalitarian ethos, the mechanisms by which power is contained, and the atypical roles of managers that are characteristic of such organizations.

Keywords: democracy; equality; reverse dominance hierarchy; alternative organizations; co-operatives; Ethnography; coopératives; ethnographie; démocratie; égalité; hiérarchie à domination inversée; organisations alternatives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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Published in Revue Française de Gestion, 2019

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