Organizational and psychological features of successful democratic enterprises: A systematic review of qualitative research.

ABSTRACT: In organizational psychology the positive effects of democratically structured enterprises on their employees are well documented. However, the longstanding viability as well as economic success of democratic enterprises in a capitalistic market environment has long been contested. For instance, this has given rise to widespread endorsement of the "degeneration thesis" and the so-called "iron law of oligarchy". By reviewing 77 qualitative studies that examined 83 democratic enterprises (including 15 studies on nine enterprises of the Mondragon Cooperative Cooperation network) within the last 50 years, the present systematic review provides evidence that such enterprises are able to economically survive and prosper. The majority of studied enterprises (63.5%) either resisted pressures towar

SUBMITTER: Unterrainer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672673 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature