Communities versus platforms: The paradox in the body of the collaborative economy
de Vaujany, François-Xavier; Leclercq-Vandelanoitte, Aurélie; Holt, Robin (2019), Communities versus platforms: The paradox in the body of the collaborative economy, Journal of Management Inquiry. 10.1177/1056492619832119
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Journal of Management InquiryPublisher
Sage
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de Vaujany, François-XavierDauphine Recherches en Management [DRM]
Leclercq-Vandelanoitte, Aurélie

Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Holt, Robin
Copenhagen Business School
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Communities and platforms pervade all aspects of the collaborative economy. Yet, they exist in apparent tension. The collaborative economy is grounded in communities. These are typically characterized by isonomic relations, in which the singularity of members finds its distinctiveness in being woven into mutual, collective endeavor. Yet, the collaborative economy also entails digital platforms organized through largely heteronomic relations in which employees and users are configured as isolate, useful, interchangeable, and flexible “units.” As such, communities and platforms are traditionally framed as separate from, and in contradiction to, one another. There is, it seems a paradox at the heart of the collaborative economy. Yet, inspired by the work of Merleau-Ponty, we argue the expression, embodiment, and eventfulness characterizing the collaborative economy show communities and platforms being constituted by one another. We conclude that the paradox, far from being a condition of opposition and dialectical tension requiring managed resolution, is a generative organizational process.Subjects / Keywords
platform; community; platform capitalism; paradox; chiasm; organization; phenomenology; technology; digital; collaborative economyRelated items
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