... of the different actors reveals a profoundly unconstructive institutional configuration, in which the collusion of two “solidarities – the oil companies (individualism) and the state (hierarchy) – has led to the exclusion of the local communities (egalitarianism) who have found themselves impoverished...

...Charalampos Mainemelis; Yochanan Altman; Lloyd Sandelands Purpose Two claims are made about play that bears on managing change in organizations. First, play is a creative dynamic of human community; and in particular, it is the form taken by love at the boundary of fantasy and reality. Second...

...Denise Faifua; Amanda Tattersall Purpose Union‐community collaboration is an increasingly common practice in industrialised nations where union power and density have declined. This paper proposes a framework for defining and evaluating community unionism, through a definition of the term...

... enterprises need to assess local managers' knowledge and contributions as having not only operational and market value, but also institutional value, such as access to local social capital. Originality/value This paper has original value in looking at community unionism as a way of overcoming...

...Denise Faifua; Denise Faifua Purpose This paper seeks to complement the work on community unionism by arguing criticality is the core human capacity required to convey and share experiences of community. Design/methodology/approach An over emphasis on historical materialism and a fetish...

...Denise Faifua; Bradon Ellem Purpose Despite being increasingly touted as the kind of fundamental transformation needed for union survival, “community unionism” is typically ill‐defined and poorly explained. This paper seeks to provide greater precision of terminology and context through a series...

... workers) is explored with the intention of identifying whether or not there are opportunities for the rebuilding of grassroots‐led collective identities, solidarity and community beyond national borders. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based upon a case study of UNISON's North West region...

...Denise Faifua; Michael Hess Purpose There is now considerable evidence that “community unionism” is emerging as a new form of worker organization in many quite different national contexts. This paper aims to look at the conceptual underpinnings of the relationship between ideas about community...

... to frame and track urban change. Marilyn Hamilton can be contacted at: marilyn@globallearningconnections.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Change management Communities Urban areas The workgroups (2002, p. 7) identified the paradoxes in the key elements of researching...

...Line Dubé; Anne Bourhis; Réal Jacob Purpose Despite the increasing popularity of virtual communities of practice (VCoPs), our understanding of how to intentionally form, develop and sustain them is still at an embryonic stage. Aims to go some way to remedying this. Design/methodology/approach...