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Cooperation process: what motivates individuals to participate in a cooperative?

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  • Rozelia Laurett
  • Mário Franco

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Setting out from the relevance of cooperatives worldwide and their important economic and social role, this research aims to understand what motivates cooperators in different segments to be part of a cooperation process with a cooperative. To do so, an exploratory and qualitative study was carried out following the multiple case study method. For data-collection, ten semi-structured interviews were held based on a previously defined script. These interviews were recorded and transcribed, followed by content analysis through codification and categorisation. From analysis of the interviews, 37 variables motivating members to participate in a cooperative were identified, with these being grouped according to their similarity in five categories: (1) external influences; (2) characteristics of the cooperative; (3) socio-psychological; (4) relationships; and (5) benefits. Some implications for theory and practice and suggestions for future research are also presented.

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  • Rozelia Laurett & Mário Franco, 2018. "Cooperation process: what motivates individuals to participate in a cooperative?," International Journal of Management Practice, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 11(1), pages 93-110.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijmpra:v:11:y:2018:i:1:p:93-110
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    1. Timothy Waring & Taylor Lange & Sujan Chakraborty, 2022. "Institutional adaptation in the evolution of the ‘co-operative principles’," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 32(1), pages 333-365, January.

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