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Co-operative Care: The Case for Worker Co-operative Elder Care in Ireland

Ireland’s population age profile is forecasted to increase over the coming decades which will have implications for the care responsibilities of families and the state. However, there is a paucity of quality elder care in Ireland. Elder care worker co-operatives could contribute to meeting this shortfall in supply. This study… Read More

Green Human Resource Management and Its Implications on Organizational Performance: A Systematic Literature Review and Recommendations for Future Research

Emerging literature highlights the influence of green human resource management (GHRM) on organizational performance (OP). However, a comprehensive exploration of both direct and indirect relationships between GHRM and various facets of organizational performance is essential to meet the demands of sustainability. The aim of this paper is to conduct a… Read More

Cooperatives: A Historical and Theoretical Perspective

The history of cooperatives is often presented in two phases: first, as an immature initial phase characterized by failed utopian attempts, followed by a mature one, in which a more established status was obtained, allowing a progressive development. This narrative is too linear and evolutionist. So, I would like to… Read More

Andrea Bernardi, Massimiliano Mazzanti, Salvatore Monni (Eds.): Innovations for Circularity and Knowledge Creation: Participation and Cooperative Approaches for Sustainability

The book Innovations for Circularity and Knowledge Creation: Participation and Cooperative Approaches for Sustainability, edited by Andrea Bernardi, Massimiliano Mazzanti, and Salvatore Monni, offers an essential contribution to the discourse on sustainable economics. It examines the unique role of cooperative models in advancing circular economy practices, emphasizing practical applications over… Read More

A Path-Dependence Analysis of Italian Social and Community Cooperatives

In Italy, cooperatives emerged as a key vehicle for solving problems. As these problems evolved, so did the cooperative identity. Path-dependence analysis is a methodological approach that seeks to explain discontinuous processes by means of notions like inertia, incorporating both contingent and reactive processes and events. A literature based on… Read More

Collective Impacts through Job Crafting in a Unionized Worker Cooperative

This case study examines the impact of union worker cooperatives, with the case of Cooperative Home Care Associates (CHCA), on the proactive efforts of precarious workers to change their work experience and environment. Our investigation centers on workers’ job crafting, defined as workers’ self-initiated actions to redesign roles in alignment… Read More

Worker Cooperatives and Development: A Business Cycle Analysis

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the achievement of sustainable development goals represent a new challenge for economic systems, directly involving productive sectors in this process. Alternative organizational models of production could play an important role in promoting sustainable development. This paper conducts a comparative analysis of traditional capitalist… Read More

Editorial: Cooperatives at the Frontline of Societal Transformation

In our current era, we face widespread expulsion from multiple systems due to complex, multicausal problems. Many of these challenges are rooted in economic dynamics that have severely impacted the environment and heightened societal insecurity. In response, hybrid organizations – particularly cooperatives – have been recognized for their potential to… Read More