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The effort of partnership: Capacity development and moral capital in partnership for mutual gains

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  • Catherine Casey

    (School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, UK)

  • Helen Delaney

    (Department of Management and International Business, University of Auckland, New Zealand)

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The article discusses the enactment of a strategic partnership undertaken by a large, multi-site company and several trade unions. The enterprise aimed to institute highly engaged practices of employee and management voice to create a collaborative culture throughout the organization. The study finds that five years since the inception of the project of institutional change, considerable challenges to its embedding and effectiveness remain. It also finds that particular characteristics of the partnership propose resource generation for addressing those challenges and progressing collaborative relations to mutual benefit. Substantive actor effort and organizational learning generate capacity for new relationships. That includes activation of moral capital including toleration, patience, mutual respect, reciprocity and trust.

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  • Catherine Casey & Helen Delaney, 2022. "The effort of partnership: Capacity development and moral capital in partnership for mutual gains," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(1), pages 52-71, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:43:y:2022:i:1:p:52-71
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X19883007
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