Cooperation without co-operative: managing tensions in an anarchist-inspired alternative organization

La coopération sans coopérative: la gestion des tensions au sein d’une organisation alternative d’inspiration anarchiste

Annie Banikema (), Mélissa Boudes (), Markolf Jossou () and Christelle Perrin ()
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Annie Banikema: 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]
Mélissa Boudes: ARGUMans - Laboratoire de recherche en gestion Le Mans Université - UM - Le Mans Université
Markolf Jossou: EGEI - Éthique et Gouvernance de l’Entreprise et des Institutions - UCO - Université Catholique de l'Ouest, CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon
Christelle Perrin: LAREQUOI - Laboratoire de recherche en Management - UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

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Abstract: Through the study of self-managed grocery stores inspired by anarchist philosophy, we illustrate how tensions inherent to the alternative cooperative model manifest and are understood by the members of these organizations. To achieve this, we rely on a set of qualitative data. The results of the study highlight two specificities derived from anarchist philosophy—freedom and individual responsibility on the one hand, and autonomist leadership on the other—that enable actors to activate the three modes of tension resolution identified in the literature: acceptance, confrontation, and transcendence (Smith, 2011), in an original way. These results highlight ways to better manage tensions and avoid coalition dynamics that are present in most cooperatives.

Keywords: Cooperative; Tensions; Case study; Alternative organizations; Anarchism; Coopérative; Étude de cas; Organisation alternative; Anarchisme (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-03-01
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Published in Revue de l'Organisation Responsable, 2025, 20 (1), pp.117-133. ⟨10.3917/ror.201.0117⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/ror.201.0117

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