CO - OPERATION AND AGRICULTURE (TAAVON)
Year:2018 | Volume:7 | Issue:26 |Papers Count:8

In the process of supplying agricultural products to the sale market (system of production to consumption), proper marketing operations are particular importance, so that successful marketing performance was considered as a goal of rural and agricultural development. On the other hand, knowledge management as one of the most important factors influencing the performance of companies and especially the marketing performance that has always been a concern of researchers. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of tacit knowledge exchange on marketing performance in agricultural production cooperatives in Isfahan province. This research was a descriptive-survey method. The statistical population of the research was the managers of agricultural cooperatives in Isfahan Province, which is 580 people. By simple random sampling, 230 people were selected as Krejcie Morgant Table. For data analysis, WarpPLS software was used. The results of the research showed that the exchange of tacit knowledge between different sectors of cooperative companies has a positive and significant effect on marketing performance of these companies. Also, the positive and significant impact of top manager support, trust among employees, social opportunities, coordination of functional sectors and the quality of inter-institutional communication on the tacit knowledge exchange in these companies was confirmed. According to the results of the research, the support of top managers and the quality of inter-sectoral communications with the path coefficients (0. 42 and 0. 19) respectively had the most and the least direct effect on the exchange of tacit knowledge in cooperative companies.

Although empowerment allows managers to use the knowledge, skills, experience of all organizations, but there were few directors and people who know how to create an empowerment culture. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between managers' empowerment dimensions based on resistive economics of manufacturing cooperatives. This was a purposely applied study, and in terms of Gathering data it was descriptive, and of type of correlation. In addition, in the analytical model of research, dynamic competency of managers as exogenous latent variable, the dynamic empowerment of managers was endogenous latent variable. Analyzing the research hypotheses showed that between dynamic competency of managers and personal profile and organizational profile and dynamic empowerment, the intensity of effect was 0. 64, 0. 76 and 0. 36, respectively. The intensity of the effect between dynamic empowerment and resistive economy was 0. 79, which indicated an appropriate relationship between research criteria. The FAHP technique was also used to determine the final priority of the elements. According to the five main criteria and the 18 sub-criteria, the priority of the “ university education” index was 0. 11 in the first priority, the "general" index with a weight of 0. 101 in the second priority. According to the results, it can be stated that with the structural and planning approach, managerial and organizational, participatory and action of employees, cooperative managers had their capabilities in the fields of investment, manufacturing, research and development, innovation and marketing. Accurately and accurately identify all deficiencies so that they could achieve their goals.

In this research, the efficiency status of a sample of pistachio producers in Sirjan Township, which was selected using Cochran formula and divided into two groups based on membership in agricultural production cooperatives, was studied. Data were collected by questionnaires in 2014 and 2014. In this study, the role of social capital as a software operating factor affecting production along with other production factors has been emphasized. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha. The total technical efficiency of inputs and the water subvector efficiency were calculated using data envelopment analysis method in two groups of farmers, including social capital and without it. The results showed that technical efficiency in cooperatives farmers was 83 and in non-member Farmer's group 74% including social capital. Also, the water sub-vector efficiency among cooperatives farmers was 58 and in the non-member farmer group was 48% including social capital. Also, the effect of different dimensions of social capital and membership in cooperatives was investigated on the technical efficiency of inputs in the form of Tobit's model. According to the results, membership in cooperatives due to the greater association of farmers with each other and the strengthening of trust and participation among farmers and, as a result, the strengthening of different dimensions of social capital, would increase the productivity and efficiency of farmers.

The purpose of this research was to explaining the level of entrepreneurship alertness based on the components of social capital and entrepreneurial ideal identity (Case study: members of rural production cooperatives in Kermanshah Province). This research in terms of purpose was applied research and in terms of data collection method, was a descriptivecorrelative research type. The statistical population of this research were 3851 members of rural cooperative companies operating in Kermanshah Province. According to the Bartlett Table, 351 of them were selected through a proportional allocation sampling method. Standard questionnaires were used to collect data. Validity of the questionnaire was evaluated using formal, diagnostic and convergent validity by the method of determining the mean value of the extracted variance. In order to determine the reliability of the research tool, the combination reliability method was used. Its values for the main sections of the questionnaire were at the appropriate level (range from 0. 82 to 0. 90). To analyze the data and examine the hypotheses, Structural Equation Modeling was applied using partial least squares method. For this purpose, Smart PLS software was used. Finally, the findings indicated that all the research hypotheses were confirmed, so that the positive effect of social capital on entrepreneurial consciousness as well as the positive effect of enthusiasm on entrepreneurial consciousness was confirmed. Meanwhile, the role of mediator of entrepreneurial passion in the relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship alertness was confirmed.

The general objective of this study was to identify the determinants of agricultural cooperatives development in Shabestar Township of East Azerbaijan province. For this purpose, Confirmatory Factor Analysis was used. The statistical population of this study was all members of active and passive agricultural cooperatives (298 members) of Shabestar Township in 2017. To determine the sample size, the Cochran sampling formula was used, and the sample size was estimated to be 168, which eventually completed 161. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α = 0. 728). Validity of the questionnaire was also examined by obtaining opinions of experts. Based on the findings of the estimation of Confirmatory factor analysis, from the total of 27 variables, only 16 variables played a significant role in defining the economic, cultural-social, educational, managerial, political, and individual characteristics of the members factors. According to the results, economic, managerial, cultural-social and educational factors had a positive and significant effect on the development of agricultural cooperatives and the individual characteristics of the members and political factors did not have a significant effect on the development of agricultural cooperatives. Based on the results, economic factors with a coefficient of 0. 63 had the greatest impact on the development of agricultural cooperatives.

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the factors affecting the entrepreneurship success of rural women in North of Tehran province. The statistical population of this research was rural women, s cooperatives in North of Tehran province who were surveyed in 118 census cases. This research was conducted through a survey method and using a questionnaire tool. The validity of the research instrument was evaluated using the views of ten professors of Payame Noor University in Tehran and experts. The reliability of the tool was also calculated by calculating the Cronbach Alpha coefficient, which was calculated in different parts of the questionnaire equal to and above 0. 812. Findings of the research show that there is a significant relationship between individual, family, economic-financial, social-cultural and political-legal factors with the success of rural women's entrepreneurship, which among these factors, the most important factor in the success of rural women entrepreneurship research is economic and financial factors.

To overcome the complexities and acceleration of the challenges we face today, the success of an organization is likely to depend on how much the staff can be empowered. Psychological empowerment is a relatively new conceptual concept in the management and organization literature and perhaps one of the most controversial topics. The present study intends to study the effect of psychological empowerment, citizenship behavior and organizational support in order to achieve the necessary mechanisms for promoting job performance. The research method is descriptive-correlational and is a type of structural equation. The statistical population of this research includes 110 managers and employees of Ministry of Labor, Social Co-operation and Social Welfare of Kerman. Using a Morgan table, a sample size was 86 for this study. The sampling was selected by stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was used to collect data. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to determine the validity of the questionnaires. Data were analyzed by AMOS statistical software. The results showed that psychological empowerment has a significant effect on citizenship behavior and job performance. Also, the effect of organizational support on citizenship behavior and job performance, and the effect of citizenship behavior on job performance is significant.