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Problematizing the Cooperative Firm: A Marxian View on Paradoxes, Dialectics, and Contradictions

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Scholars are increasingly turning their attention to cooperative firms, characterized by worker ownership and management, as a way for organizations to address the economic, societal and environmental problems posed by corporate capitalism. This renewed interest stems from the potential of cooperatives to foster an alternative economic system ...
Jon Las Heras, Anjel Errasti, Ignacio Bretos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leave the Token, Take the Gavel: How National Quotas and Corporate Ownership Shape Gender Diversity on Major Board Committees

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract While gender diversity on boards of directors (BODs) has recently increased, gender diversity on major board committees (MBCs), which influence board decision‐making directly, has advanced more slowly. Our study therefore delves into the antecedents of gender diversity on MBCs.
Patricio Duran, Roxana Turturea, Pursey P. M. A. R. Heugens, Jean‐Luc Arregle, Marc van Essen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Atlas Unplugged: Re‐Imagining the Premises and Prospects of Capitalism for Business and Society

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s dystopian work of fiction, became a cornerstone of libertarian philosophy and its influence continues as an articulation of contemporary capitalism. In introducing this Special Issue, we revisit its core assumptions and contradictions in order to reimagine capitalism and reflect on the potential of management studies
Rick Delbridge, Charlene Zietsma, Roy Suddaby, Rashedur Chowdhury, Christopher Wickert   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Government Spending and Civic Engagement: Exploring the Role of Civil Society Participation and Voting in 28 Democracies

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers causal evidence on how distinct forms of civic engagement affect government spending across 28 democracies between 2000 and 2024. Its main innovation lies in disentangling the fiscal effects of two channels of engagement—civil society participation and electoral turnout—through an original identification strategy that ...
Anna Lo Prete, Agnese Sacchi
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Multidimensional Poverty in the European Union: Insights From SDG 1 and the Benefit of the Doubt Approach

The Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The eradication of poverty remains one of the greatest economic challenges of the 21st century, particularly in light of transformations in labour markets, demographic shifts, and recent crises such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDG 1) acknowledges the need for broader approaches to measuring and addressing poverty,
Fernando Henrique Taques, Miguel Gustavo Gomes da Silva, Antonio Reinaldo Silva Neto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic Dependencies and Nationalist Divergences: Public Versus Private Sector Employment and Beyond in Corsican Separatist Nationalism

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Separatist nationalism often persists in divided minority regions where internal factions struggle to agree on governance models, perpetuating conflict and political tension. This article examines the key structural and situational factors driving these divisions in Corsica, focusing on economic dependencies that shape divergent approaches to ...
Durukan Imrie‐Kuzu, Saliha Metinsoy
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the Implications of Strategies for Governing the COVID‐19 Pandemic for the Political Robustness of Five European Political Regimes

Public Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do the strategies that governments employ when they encounter crisis‐induced turbulence affect the robustness of the political regime in which they operate? Comparative studies of the connection between government strategies and political regime robustness under different cultural and institutional conditions are few and far between.
Eva Sørensen, Peter Triantafillou, Tiziana Caponio, György Hajnal, Tiina Randma‐Liiv, David Spacek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Lowest‐Low Fertility: Why Post‐Transitional Populations Follow Divergent Paths

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper argues for a paradigm shift in demography, moving beyond the alarmist and deterministic narratives fixated on “lowest‐low fertility (LLF)” (total fertility rate ≤ 1.3). Initially a useful heuristic, the LLF concept now obscures more than it reveals, as it conflates vastly different demographic trajectories across an increasingly ...
Stuart Gietel‐Basten, Ignacio Pardo
wiley   +1 more source

The Five‐Thread Model & Academic Policy Entrepreneurs: From the White Australia Policy to Multicultural Australia

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Why did Australia go from the White Australia Policy, which excluded non‐whites, to institutionalizing multiculturalism policy in the 1970s? This question defies traditional political ideologies of the major political parties, which had long supported the White Australia Policy. This article is a rare empirical demonstration of the Five‐Thread
Julius C. S. Mok
wiley   +1 more source

Job Switching Motives and Employer Attractiveness: A Comparative Analysis of Sector Switchers and Non‐Sector Switchers

Public Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attracting talent to public administration is a highly relevant issue of practical concern and scholarly debate. Building on unique survey data of 424 individuals who switched jobs to join public administration, this study explores public employer attractiveness in a multi‐incentive setting, accounting for the experiences of a less explored ...
Adrian Ritz, Kristina S. Weißmüller, Lorenza Micacchi, Samir P. Gomezjurado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source