[en] he evolution of the firm and the economic crisis of recent years lead us to examine new forms of business organization that promote more equitable local economic development and the active participation of workers in ownership and management. This thesis seeks to document the process of transformation of conventional, privately-owned firms into worker cooperatives and analyze various psychosocial aspects of the process, aspects such as motives, identity, perceptions of change and satisfaction. Through this study, we hope to help firms, workers and support entities better understand transformation processes and address an important gap in the research literature regarding their psychosocial dynamics, particularly from a qualitative perspective. Given these objectives, a qualitative study was carried out based on document analysis and semi-structured interviews with 25 workers in six firms that had been transformed from conventional to worker cooperative ownership, three firms in the Basque Country and three in Puerto Rico. Results demonstrate that the motives behind the initiation of the process were both economic as well as socio-economic / labor-related, and both individualistic as well as collective. They further show that the transformation contributed to the development and/or strengthening of various dimensions of workers' identities and that many of the workers interviewed had positive perceptions of the organizational changes that resulted from the transformation. In general terms, the transformation was viewed positively and as a source of satisfaction, although there were different interpretations among workers and critical and self-critical commentary was also evident, 6 demonstrating the richness and variety of lived experience in processes of transformation of enterprises. The relationship of these results to the research literature and their future implications for research and practice are discussed.

[eu] Joan den urteetako enpresen bilakaerak eta krisi ekonomikoak, beste enpresa antolaketa moduak arakatzera bultzatzen gaitu. Hauek bideratu nahi dira, bertako garapen berdintsuagoa lortzera eta langileen partaidetza aktiboa sustatzera, bai jabetzan zein kudeaketan. Tesi honek dokumentatu nahi du, kapital pribatuko enpresa eraldaketa prozesua, lan e elkartuko kooperatibatan eta aztertu nahi ditu, honen hainbat aspektu psikosozialak, besteak beste, motiboak, identitatea, aldaketaren pertzepzioak eta asebetetzea. Ikerketa honen bidez, enpresei, euren langileei eta laguntza erakundeei, lagundu nahi diegu, eraldaketa prozesuak hobeto ulertzen. Aztertu nahi dugu ere, literatura zientifikoak daukan hutsune garrantzitsu bat , bere dinamika psikosozialei buruz; zehazki, perspektiba kualitatibo batetik. Helburu hauek kontuan harturik, ikerketa kualitatiboa egin zen hurrengokoan oinarrituta: berrikusketa dokumental bat, erdi egituratuta zeuden 25 elkarrizketa, kooperatibatan eraldatutako enpresa konbentzionaletako (6) langileri; horietako (3), Euskal Herrian kokatuta, eta beste hirurak (3), Puerto Ricon. Emaitzek erakusten dute, eraldaketaren prozesuaren hasiera hainbat motibogatik izan dela, ekonomikoak zein sozioekonomikoak / soziolaboralak, eta bai banakakoak zein kolektiboak. Erakusten dute ere, eraldaketak, identitate dimentsio ezberdinak, garatzen edo indartzen lagundu zuela eta elkarrizketatutako langile askok positiboki ikusten dituztela, eraldaketaren ondorioz izandako aldaketak erakundean. Orokorrean, zerbait positiboa izan zen eta asebetetzea ekarri zuen, zenbait xehetasun eta komentario kritiko 7 zein autokritiko egon arren. Guzti honek erakusten du enpresen eraldaketen prozesuetan bizi izaten diren esperientzien aberastasuna eta aniztasuna. Komentatzen da, emaitza hauen erlazioa literatura zientifikoarekin eta honen etorkizuneko inplikazioak, ikerketa nahiz praktikan.