Humanistic governance in worker cooperatives: Unlocking collective capacities
本文基于人本治理理论，对欧美六家工人合作社进行案例比较，发现其结构和程序安排能避免传统治理陷阱，为民主组织治理提供实践参考。
The article adopts a humanistic theory of governance in democratic organisations to conduct a comparative case study analysis of six worker cooperatives in Europe and North America. Structural and procedural arrangements and self-imposed boundaries shield worker cooperatives from the potential pitfalls raised in the governance literature resting solely on property rights theories. Overall, good/exemplary governance in worker co-ops is seen to be well aligned with, and helps to further inform, the philosophies, theories and practices of humanistic economics and management in democratic organisations. In keeping with the International Cooperative Alliance’s 1995 Statement on the Cooperative Identity, the findings illustrate a rich, diverse and dynamic platform for effective democratic governance systems.