ABSTRACT
Rooted in organization theory, this chapter aims to map recent advances in understanding employers’ organizations as meta-organizations. Building on an examination of the commonalities and differences of closely related concepts from organization and management studies, a theoretical view is developed that allows an understanding of the variety of employers’ organizations by focusing on the organizational structures (domains, levels, history, actors, and resources) and practices (selecting, allocating, regulating, evaluating, and negotiating) of meta-organizing. Building on this meta-organizing view, more recent varieties and developments in employers meta-organizing are discussed with an emphasis on the arena of labour politics in an era of civil regulation. The chapter concludes by mapping further directions for inquiry of meta-organizing dynamics.
