A Real Utopia Under What Conditions? The Economic and Social Benefits of Workplace Democracy in Knowledge-Intensive Industries

Given consistent evidence of its social benefits but questions about its market viability, this paper examines the conditions under which workplace democracy can be understood as a “real utopia”; a viable form of organization that is both economically productive and socially welfare enhancing. Conce...

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Published in:Organization science (Providence, R.I.) R.I.), 2023-07, Vol.34 (4), p.1353-1382
Main Authors: Young-Hyman, Trevor, Magne, Nathalie, Kruse, Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Authority
Benefits
Collectivism
Companies
compensation
Cooperatives
Democracy
Economic conditions
Economic performance
Economics and Finance
Employers
Employment policies
Humanities and Social Sciences
Hypotheses
Inequality
Information dissemination
Information sharing
Knowledge
Markets
organizational design
organizational form
Organizational structure
power and politics
Social inequality
social responsibility
Social welfare
Utopias
wage inequality
Work environment
Workplaces
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