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Emergent identity formation and the co-operative: theory building in relation to alternative organizational forms

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  • Teresa Nelson
  • Dylan Nelson
  • Benjamin Huybrechts
  • Frédéric Dufays
  • Noreen O’Shea
  • Giorgia Trasciani

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How are identities of alternative forms of organization constructed and how does this process differ relative to normative forms socially expected? In this research, we consider identity formation in co-operatives, a population of organizations allied globally through values and practices such as democratic participation, voluntary and open membership, and limited return to capital investment. As an extension of current thinking on identity formation in entrepreneurship and organizational theory, we use co-operatives to explore social expectations and institutional arrangements around form at the societal, population and organizational levels using a population ecology framework. We develop a research agenda based on propositions that address specific features of identity formation in less typical forms of organization, including tensions with normative business expectations, engagement with identity audiences, embeddedness in networks and alliances, structural factors influencing identity, and identity ambiguity.

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  • Teresa Nelson & Dylan Nelson & Benjamin Huybrechts & Frédéric Dufays & Noreen O’Shea & Giorgia Trasciani, 2016. "Emergent identity formation and the co-operative: theory building in relation to alternative organizational forms," Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(3-4), pages 286-309, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:entreg:v:28:y:2016:i:3-4:p:286-309
    DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2016.1155744
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    1. Andrei-Mirel Florea & Florentin Bercu & Riana Iren Radu & Silvius Stanciu, 2019. "A Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) of the Agricultural Cooperatives from South East Region of Romania," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(21), pages 1-18, October.
    2. S. Chinju Chandran & S. Rajitha Kumar, 2024. "Industrial cooperatives: A sustainable business model for promoting social entrepreneurship," Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, Springer;UNESCO Chair in Entrepreneurship, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Carmen GUZMAN & Francisco J. SANTOS & María de la O BARROSO, 2020. "Cooperative Essence And Entrepreneurial Quality: A Comparative Contextual Analysis," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 91(1), pages 95-118, March.
    4. Yasuo Ohe, 2018. "Educational tourism in agriculture and identity of farm successors," Tourism Economics, , vol. 24(2), pages 167-184, March.
    5. Anassaya Chawviang & Supaporn Kiattisin & Montree Thirasakthana & Theeraya Mayakul, 2023. "A Smart Co-Operative Management Framework Based on an EA Concept for Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-22, April.
    6. Anassaya Chawviang & Supaporn Kiattisin, 2022. "Sustainable Development: Smart Co-Operative Management Framework," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-25, March.
    7. Frédéric Dufays & Noreen O’Shea & Benjamin Huybrechts & Teresa Nelson, 2020. "Resisting Colonization: Worker Cooperatives’ Conceptualization and Behaviour in a Habermasian Perspective," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 34(6), pages 965-984, December.
    8. Martinez, Daniel & Himick, Darlene, 2023. "Accounting in (direct) action: Prefiguring emancipation in accounting research," CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ACCOUNTING, Elsevier, vol. 93(C).

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