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Commoning practices in the GLAM sector, characterized by self-organization and participatory management, cultivate long-term commitment and provide a resilient, ethical alternative to traditional organizational models. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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Investigate how commons-oriented organizational models sustain worker motivation, cooperation, and resilience within oral and social history initiatives.

September 2, 2026The Journal of Arts Management Law and Society

History-Making from Below: Exploring Motivation, Cooperation and Resilience of Commons-Oriented Cultural Work

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MDMina Dragouni DPDimitris Pettas MMMartha Michailidou

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Qualitative case study reveals that commoning practices foster commitment and resilience in cultural heritage networks, suggesting ethical alternatives to traditional institutional models.

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Investigate how commons-oriented organizational models sustain worker motivation, cooperation, and resilience within oral and social history initiatives.
Conducted a comparative qualitative case study of two cultural history organizations in Greece: the OPI oral history network and the ASKI social history archives.
Gathered and analyzed qualitative evidence from in-depth interviews with network participants, organizational employees, and cultural workers.
Self-governance and participatory management structures successfully aligned self-oriented and community-oriented motivations across participants.
Transformational leadership combined with affective workplace relationships and open collaboration reinforced organizational trust, long-term commitment, and operational resilience.

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Dragouni et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e237c562ede874ec63aa https://doi.org/10.1080/10632921.2026.2721655

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September 2, 2026The Journal of Arts Management Law and Society

History-Making from Below: Exploring Motivation, Cooperation and Resilience of Commons-Oriented Cultural Work

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MDMina Dragouni DPDimitris Pettas MMMartha Michailidou

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Qualitative case study reveals that commoning practices foster commitment and resilience in cultural heritage networks, suggesting ethical alternatives to traditional institutional models.

Key Points

Investigate how commons-oriented organizational models sustain worker motivation, cooperation, and resilience within oral and social history initiatives.
Conducted a comparative qualitative case study of two cultural history organizations in Greece: the OPI oral history network and the ASKI social history archives.
Gathered and analyzed qualitative evidence from in-depth interviews with network participants, organizational employees, and cultural workers.
Self-governance and participatory management structures successfully aligned self-oriented and community-oriented motivations across participants.
Transformational leadership combined with affective workplace relationships and open collaboration reinforced organizational trust, long-term commitment, and operational resilience.

Cite This Study

Dragouni et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e237c562ede874ec63aa https://doi.org/10.1080/10632921.2026.2721655

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