Meta-organizational Expertise: the case of the Collectif des Festivals' sustainability expertise

Sihem Mammar El Hadj (), Laura Sabbado () and Ingrid Mazzilli ()
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Sihem Mammar El Hadj: EGEI - Éthique et Gouvernance de l’Entreprise et des Institutions - UCO - Université Catholique de l'Ouest, GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Laura Sabbado: CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Ingrid Mazzilli: LEST - Laboratoire d'Economie et de Sociologie du Travail - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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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 metaorganizations 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 metaorganizational expertise as a set of skills built through a relational process founded on on a voluntary commitment of the members that results in accumulating and disseminating knowledge.

Keywords: CULTURAL SECTOR; MEMBER AND NON-MEMBER RELATIONS; META-ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERTISE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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Published in Berkowitz, Héloïse; Bor, Sanne; Brunsson, Nils. A Word of Meta-Organizations, Elgar Publishing, pp.98-121, 2026, 978-1-03534-221-1

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