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Comportement rationnel et coopération : le dilemme organisationnel

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  • Claude Menard

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[fre] Partant d'une définition rigoureuse de la coopération dans les organisations, cet article explore les facteurs susceptibles d'en rendre compte. La section I porte sur l'explication la plus répandue, fondée sur la contrainte technologique. La section II examine les interprétations centrées sur le relâchement de l'hypothèse de rationalité. Dans la section III, une analyse dérivée de l'approche en termes de coûts de transaction est discutée. Face aux insuffisances profondes de ces explications, la dernière section propose d'aborder le problème sous un autre angle, et de faire appel directement à une caractéristique structurelle des organisations, enracinée dans la stabilité des comportements : l'incitation à la mise en commun. [eng] Based on a strong version of the concept of cooperation this paper explores several interpretation of such behavior within organizations. Section I is focused on the technological explanation and some of its extensions. In section II, models are examined where the standard rationality assumption is relaxed. Section III discusses some rationale to cooperation that can be provided by transaction costs economics. Confronted to some radical insufficiencies of these explanations, section IV suggests, with some testable propositions, to consider the problem from a different perspective. Cooperating should be understood as rooted within a structural characteristic of organizations, based on stable patterns of behavior -. the incentive te share.

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  • Claude Menard, 1994. "Comportement rationnel et coopération : le dilemme organisationnel," Cahiers d'Économie Politique, Programme National Persée, vol. 24(1), pages 185-207.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:caecpo:cep_0154-8344_1994_num_24_1_1172
    DOI: 10.3406/cep.1994.1172
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