The verified library of the self-management field: the articles, podcasts, papers and cases worth knowing, from Corporate Rebels to HBR to SciELO, each with a one-line read and a link to the source. Distinct from our own writing in the Library. See the field mapped →
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Conceptual paper distinguishing self-management from 'participative management' and mapping six meanings of autogestão.
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Argues political power need not be hierarchical; self-management as direct democratic management.
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Classic RAE piece on a possible model of enterprise self-management and semi-autonomous groups.
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Field study of self-management in cooperatives' daily practice.
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Contrasts heterogestão (profit-driven management) with autogestão, arguing solidarity cooperatives pursue economic viability alongside democracy and equality.
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Case study of cooperative COOPETEX finding that self-management exists 'only as discourse' — administration concentrated in the president's hands despite the statute.
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Revisits the self-management paradigm through Brazilian worker-recovered companies such as Coopervest and Cobertores Parahyba.
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Historical review using Brazil's first National Mapping of Solidarity Economy data to trace autogestão's revival inside the cooperative movement.
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National data on how solidarity-economy enterprises combine income generation with self-management and professional formation goals.
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Bibliometric survey of Brazilian solidarity-economy research, tracing the concept's roots in cooperation, association and self-management principles.
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Identifies institutional autonomy, decision-making democracy and self-management as the field's defining principles, while flagging meritocracy and low tech capacity as persistent challenges — 21,859 solidarity enterprises counted in 2007, up from 139 in 1970.
