Key-Components for Building Organizational Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Cooperatives towards Success
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https://doi.org/10.53848/irdssru.v9i1.213768Keywords:
agricultural cooperatives, key component for coop success, organizational entrepreneurship, strengthening agricultural cooperativesAbstract
The objectives of this research were; 1) to investigate and identify key
components of cooperatives organizational entrepreneurship; 2) to study relation
among driver components and CO-OP success; and 3) to develop structural equation
model for building up cooperatives organizational entrepreneurship. Qualitative and
quantitative research has been employed for research methodology. The Population
was agricultural cooperatives that passed cooperatives standard evaluation in 2015.
Data collection used the qualitative approach through organized focus groups of 4
agricultural cooperatives. The quantitative used questionnaires, and data analysis was
based on PLS-SEM by SMART PLS software. The finding, from this research were that
key components affecting CO-OP success, both tangible and intangible outcomes were
as follows; 1) CO-OP internal capital or organization feature comprise of member
participation, co-op principles based management, board capacity, staff capacity, and
strong working team, 2) Managerial process includes, strategic planning and good
business management. In addition tangible outcomes more effecting to intangible
outcomes, also tangible and intangible outcomes are both strongly reflect to co-op
success. The study result could apply to strengthen agricultural cooperatives in
Thailand by focusing on building up internal co-op capital and participatory
management.
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