Power and Communication in Worker Cooperatives : An Overview An Overview

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Beteiligte: Edenfield, Avery C.
In: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 47, 2017, 3, S. 260-279
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SAGE Publications
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Umfang: 260-279
ISSN: 0047-2816
1541-3780
DOI: 10.1177/0047281616641921
veröffentlicht in: Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
Sprache: Englisch
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Kollektion: SAGE Publications (CrossRef)
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<jats:p> Technical communication research has critically engaged with organizational trends toward flattened organizations like networks, horizontal arrangements, and adhocracies, assemblages that hybridize top-down management in favor of autonomous groups. There has been no engagement with a related but distinct trend: worker cooperatives. Co-ops promise similar advantages but are distinct as they claim to deliver what flat organizations promise: access to governance, empowerment, and autonomy. In this article, I survey literature on flattened organizations, apply technical communication theory to account for cooperative communication, and conclude with an analysis from a qualitative study at a cooperative site. </jats:p>