Marc-Antoine Diego Guidi, Bhumika Gupta, Paul Richard Momsen Miller. An empirical study on community based management : a case study of Bolivia on waste management. EURAM 2016 : European Academy of Management Conference. “Manageable cooperation ?”, Jun 2016, Créteil, France.

This research investigates motivation related factors in low-income communities that underpin cooperation, collaboration and self-organization behaviors in resolving the challenge of communal waste management. Waste is defined here as household waste mostly composed of 3 categories: compostable, dry recyclables and sanitary waste. A Qualitative Research Technique with a Case Study approach was implemented and evolved through observations and interviews conducted with a sample size of 400 families. In the case studied, we found that factors driving motivation vary significantly, from fiduciary aspects to community values, and through peer pressure as well as individual generosity. We found that involving more stakeholders tended to enlarge the value chain in waste management, which in our case increased value creation outcomes such as direct jobs. In this regard, we also observed indications of raised social values such as hope and individual dignity through the job creation process and a greater sense of community respect for the work involved with waste from collection to transformation.