Collaborative networking among agricultural production cooperatives in Iran.

ABSTRACT: This research seeks to determine mechanisms in developing collaborative networking among agricultural production cooperatives in Iran. The research design was survey method and a network consisting of agricultural cooperatives has been defined as the core of the network. The statistical population of the study included managers of cooperatives which were administrated by the "Ministry of Cooperatives, Labour and Social Welfare" and the "Rural Cooperative Organization" of the Alborz Province (N = 540). From this target population, 176 managers of cooperatives were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. A questionnaire was developed to determine the technical, economical, educational, legal, social, and policy making mechanisms that presented the collaborative networking model. The validi

SUBMITTER: Alimohammad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9712559 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature