Employee-ownership: Exploring the Potentials of Practicing a Democratic Ideal

Abstract

The recurrent focus on democratic organisations moves beyond ideological framings and employs a broader focus on democracy and employee-ownership as foundation for more resilient businesses, increased work-life satisfaction and as potential for democratizing labour and economy. However, there is in general a lack of qualitative studies that widens the understanding of such democratic organizations, and the inherent tensions and dilemmas of such, at a micro-level. Based on a qualitative case study across Italy, Spain and Denmark, this article explores and reveal the interplay between how employee-owners experience democratic organizing as practice, and how this is related to ideas of the good work-life and ideals that reach beyond the workplace itself. These findings lay the ground for discussing employee-ownership as a possible way to alter current perceptions and understandings of, not only what a business is and can be, but also of how to democratically organize for a sustainable future.

Tacit Knowledge Sharing in Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Antecedents and Its Mediators

“…Organizational commitment is closely related to the context of the sales force with various supporting variables, including those directly associated with co-workers (Anglin et al, 2022;Schepers & Van der Borgh, 2020). In addition, a strong organizational commitment creates a belief that the organization has the right to information and knowledge that has been created or owned (Hansen & Jørgensen, 2022;Summers & Chillas, 2021).…”