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The Role of Culture and Ethnicity in the Degeneration of Democratic Firms

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    (University of California, Riverside)

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This paper is concerned with the oft-noted tendency for democratic workplaces to 'degenerate' over time. Prevailing theories of degeneration usually ascribe this tendency to a variety of economic incentives associated with the legal and capital structures of the firm. While acknowledging the tremendous power of these economic influences, this article demonstrates the importance of an additional set of ethnic and cultural factors that discussions of this problem are often inclined to overlook. This purpose is accomplished with the help of an analysis of the rapid degeneration of two taxi cooperatives that were formed in 1977 in the city of Los Angeles.

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  • Raymond Russell, 1984. "The Role of Culture and Ethnicity in the Degeneration of Democratic Firms," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 5(1), pages 73-96, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:5:y:1984:i:1:p:73-96
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X8451005
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    1. Howard Aldrich & Robert N. Stern, 1983. "Resource Mobilization and the Creation of US Producer's Cooperatives, 1835-1935," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 4(3), pages 371-406, August.
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    1. Godfrey Baldacchino, 1990. "A War of Position: Ideas on a Strategy for Worker Cooperative Development," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 11(4), pages 463-482, November.
    2. Asaf Darr & Alisa C. Lewin, 2001. "Democratic Justice Regimes in Work Organizations: The Case of Israeli Taxi Cooperatives," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 22(3), pages 383-405, August.
    3. Yohanan Stryjan, 1990. "On Ownership and Membership," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 11(2), pages 217-247, May.
    4. Stewart E. Perry & Hunt C. Davis, 1985. "The Worker-Owned Firm: The Idea and Its Conceptual Limits," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 6(3), pages 275-297, August.

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