Feng, Li and Friis, Anna and Nilsson, Jerker
(2016).
Social Capital Among Members in Grain Marketing Cooperatives of Different Sizes.
Agribusiness. 32
:1
, 113-126
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Abstract
According to social capital theory, small cooperatives with simple business operations have more social capital in their membership than large, complex cooperatives. The geographical and social proximity among members, and between members and leadership, fosters social capital. This proposition is investigated empirically using data from member surveys in three Swedish farm supply and grain marketing cooperatives that vary greatly in size, from about 36,000 to 1600 and 150 members. The findings strongly support the view that the smaller the cooperative, the higher the social capital, expressed in terms of members' involvement, trust, satisfaction, and loyalty.
| Authors/Creators: | Feng, Li and Friis, Anna and Nilsson, Jerker | ||||
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| Title: | Social Capital Among Members in Grain Marketing Cooperatives of Different Sizes | ||||
| Series Name/Journal: | Agribusiness | ||||
| Year of publishing : | 2016 | ||||
| Volume: | 32 | ||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||
| Page range: | 113-126 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 14 | ||||
| Publisher: | Wiley | ||||
| ISSN: | 1520-6297 | ||||
| Language: | English | ||||
| Publication Type: | Research article | ||||
| Refereed: | Yes | ||||
| Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
| Version: | Accepted version | ||||
| Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
| Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 502 Economics and Business > Business Administration | ||||
| Keywords: | Economics, Social values, Cooperative Enterprises, Cooperatives, Agricultural Markets and Marketing, Agribusiness | ||||
| URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3226 | ||||
| Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3226 | ||||
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| ID Code: | 12999 | ||||
| Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||
| Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics | ||||
| Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
| Deposited On: | 23 Feb 2016 09:23 | ||||
| Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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