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This study finds that selective incentives induce district council members and chairpersons to work for the collective best of a co-operative membership. Being the lowest echelon of a co-operative's internal governance hierarchy, district councils constitute a link between the membership and the board of directors. Previous research indicates that district council members are often driven by a co-operative conviction and social concerns. The present study challenges this view. On the basis of a survey of all 191 district council members and council chairpersons of a large Swedish agricultural co-operative, it is found that the elected representatives rank low in terms of co-operative conviction and social concerns. They involve themselves mainly in order to get personal benefits; they want to gain access to information, mature personally and obtain inputs to develop their farm enterprises. The financial compensation is of limited importance.

Nyckelord

Agriculture; co-operative; internal governance

Publicerad i

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
2018, volym: 89, nummer: 4, sidor: 581-598

SLU författare

Globala målen (SDG)

SDG8 Anständiga arbetsvillkor och ekonomisk tillväxt
SDG16 Fredliga och inkluderande samhällen

UKÄ forskningsämne

Företagsekonomi

Publikationens identifierare

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12206

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/98930