Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon

Drawing on qualitative research and longitudinal data on two Mondragon multinational cooperatives, the authors examine the multinational expansion of these co-ops and the diffusion of the cooperative model’s employment practices to their subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Slovakia, France, and Poland. T...

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Autores: Bretos Fernández, Ignacio, Errasti Amozarrain, Anjel Mari, Marcuello Servós, Carmen
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
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spelling Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in MondragonBretos Fernández, IgnacioErrasti Amozarrain, Anjel MariMarcuello Servós, CarmencooperativasmultinacionalesDrawing on qualitative research and longitudinal data on two Mondragon multinational cooperatives, the authors examine the multinational expansion of these co-ops and the diffusion of the cooperative model’s employment practices to their subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Slovakia, France, and Poland. The results show that international expansion can radically transform the organizational architecture of co-ops and exacerbate dilemmas about how to put their hallmark values into practice. Moreover, the findings reveal a fragmented and inconsistent introduction of the cooperative model overseas. Work organization practices are homogeneous across the various sites, whereas job security, training, and pay equity practices are not. Core cooperative practices (i.e., employee participation in ownership, profit sharing, and general management) have not been implemented in any foreign operation. The study illustrates how market influences, institutions, and macro- and micro-politics shape the transfer of employment practices.The authors acknowledge financial support from the Programa Operativo Feder Aragón 2014–2020, as well as from the research institutions GEZKI (Institute of Cooperative Law and Social Economy) and HEGOA (Institute for International Cooperation and Development Studies) attached to the University of the Basque Country.Sage202320232020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/63507reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoEuskerahttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0019793918779575info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess© The Author(s) 2018. The article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative use.oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/635072026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
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Bretos Fernández, Ignacio
cooperativas
multinacionales
title_short Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
title_full Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
title_fullStr Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
title_full_unstemmed Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
title_sort Multinational expansion of worker cooperatives and their employment practices: Markets, institutions, and politics in Mondragon
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bretos Fernández, Ignacio
Errasti Amozarrain, Anjel Mari
Marcuello Servós, Carmen
author Bretos Fernández, Ignacio
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Errasti Amozarrain, Anjel Mari
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Marcuello Servós, Carmen
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multinacionales
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multinacionales
description Drawing on qualitative research and longitudinal data on two Mondragon multinational cooperatives, the authors examine the multinational expansion of these co-ops and the diffusion of the cooperative model’s employment practices to their subsidiaries in Brazil, China, Slovakia, France, and Poland. The results show that international expansion can radically transform the organizational architecture of co-ops and exacerbate dilemmas about how to put their hallmark values into practice. Moreover, the findings reveal a fragmented and inconsistent introduction of the cooperative model overseas. Work organization practices are homogeneous across the various sites, whereas job security, training, and pay equity practices are not. Core cooperative practices (i.e., employee participation in ownership, profit sharing, and general management) have not been implemented in any foreign operation. The study illustrates how market influences, institutions, and macro- and micro-politics shape the transfer of employment practices.
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