The objective is to describe the differences between traditional and new generation cooperatives, summarize the literature on the latter, and identify potential avenues for future research. As adaptations of the traditional cooperative form, new generation cooperatives feature defined and...

This chapter focuses on the role of non-financial corporations as financial intermediaries in Latin America (LAC). Non-resident corporates in the region – foreign affiliates of LAC firms – have been sending the proceeds of international bond issues, a major source of cross-border finance, to...

What is continuity, and what is change? Is change the absence of continuity, or is there some other relationship between the two? What meanings should we accord these terms such that they are meaningful for actors in organizational settings? Chapter 4 explores these questions from the...

This chapter introduces the concept of ‘inditation’ to the creative industries. The concept builds on an old verb ‘to indite’ and the noun ‘inditing’, meaning ‘to make up’ and ‘to compose’. This chapter attempts to obtain the concept into the actual use of language. The...

This chapter conceptualizes a discourse-and dissensus-based dialogic approach to identity work in organizational contexts in a change communication perspective. Focus is on identities in organizations as co-creative accomplishments and as socially negotiated phenomena that come into being in the...

When reporting wrongdoing internally, whistleblowers are confronted with the dilemma of weighing up their loyalty toward the organization (e.g., ethical standards) and their co-workers (e.g., the social norm of not snitching on peers). However, the role played by peers in the whistleblowing...

The postcolonial era in Botswana started with what the author referred to as the neocolonial interlude. During this period, elites who worked to gain independence ruled Botswana. They lacked legitimacy because of their closeness to the colonial masters and their actions to marginalize the...

Following the principles of post-humanism (“post” to the humanist universalism of “Man”) and post-anthropocentrism (“post” to the exceptionalism of the human species), and by conflating them into the concept of ethico-onto-epistemology, we explore how posthumanist feminism may inform...

This study delves into the factors that influence the practice of female genital mutilation in West Africa, as well as the health implications. An online cross-sectional study was conducted with the use of electronic questionnaire. The study was targeted at adult females who were between the age...