RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID https://doi.org/10.1177/1056492617712895
A1 Berkowitz, Héloïse
A1 Bor, Sanne
T1 Why Meta-Organizations Matter: A Response to Lawton et al. and Spillman
JF Journal of Management Inquiry
YR 2018
FD 2018
VO vol. 27
IS n° 2
SP 204
OP 211
K1 Meta-organization, Collective action,  Review, inter-organizational relations, Resources, Coopetition, Governance
AB In a recent issue in this journal, Lawton et al. and Spillman argue for the importance of studying trade associations, also referred to with the broader term meta-organization. They discuss why meta-organizations matter and why more research is needed on the topic. We fully concur with the authors that meta-organizations constitute an inflating, diverse, and undeniable phenomenon of collective action among organizations and that collective scholarly efforts are necessary to improve our understanding of meta-organizations in their multiplicity. In this article, we shed some light on a body of work already investigating the matter. They constitute what we call the “European School” of meta-organization. We show the relevance of this recent European work for the US–UK-oriented trade association research and aim to bridge the gap between these research traditions by proposing a common research agenda on key topics of resources, forms’ differentiation, coopetition, and their role in sustainability governance
PB Sage Periodicals Press
SN 1056-4926
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/42148/
UL https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XYqEiCKF4JAWgVRPGeAS/full