Worker cooperative governance needs dispersed countervailing power against both executives and members.
Evidence
In a Mondragon case, managers delayed advancing cost-cutting proposals to the General Assembly for fear of rejection, a hesitation reinforced after the dismissal of a CEO (Basterretxea et al., 2022). This underscores the need for countervailing power through dispersed authority across committees, not only to limit executive overreach towards a symbiotic strategic direction, but also excessive member influence that may opt for interstitial strategies (Paranque & Willmott, 2014; Shanahan, 2024). — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 70
Categorization
- DEFINE: Introduces ‘interstitial strategies’ as a term of art worth defining.”
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 70
- XREF: connects to: In organizations power generates its own countervailing power.; Effective democracy generates antagonism that can destroy cooperatives if not accommodated. — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 71; Worker councils structurally rotated leadership to keep power with workers. — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order: How Economists…, 538 (+1 more)
Related
- Competing with capitalist firms forces worker cooperatives into managerial domination and democratic decline. (similarity 0.82)
- Effective democracy generates antagonism that can destroy cooperatives if not accommodated. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- In organizations power generates its own countervailing power.
#corroborates(0.90) - Worker councils structurally rotated leadership to keep power with workers.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Clara E. Mattei, The Capital Order, 538 - Effective democracy generates antagonism that can destroy cooperatives if not accommodated.
#qualifies(0.75) — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 71 - Competing with capitalist firms forces worker cooperatives into managerial domination and democratic decline.
#qualifies(0.75) — Adrian Josef Amon, Organizing the study of degeneration…, 19