Analyzing Effect of Social Capital on Performance of Taram City Olive Farmers Cooperatives
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 6, Issue 5
Abstract
According to the studies, social capital is not so important among members of cooperatives especially in the cooperatives of which members have no family, kinship or friendly relation. The present research analyzes effect of social capital on performance of Taram City Olive Farmers Cooperatives. Statistical population of the present research includes ordinary members and managers of Olive Farmers cooperatives. This research studies 17 cooperatives due to cost and time limitation among 32 active cooperatives using random sampling. The number of members of these cooperatives is 338 which constitute statistical population of the research. To collect and measure information, two questionnaires (with validity and reliability confirmation) and interview were applied. Results obtained from path analysis show that variables of social integration, social awareness and infrastructural domain had the highest effect on performance of cooperatives respectively.
Authors and Affiliations
Yahya Safi Sis| Graduate Student of agricultural Extension, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran, email: yahya.safi@yahoo.com, Seyed Hamid Movahed Mohammadi| Assistant Professor of Agricultural Education, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran, Yousef Hedjazi| Professor in Agricultural Extension and Education, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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