Farmers’ Satisfaction with Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Spanish Cooperatives: An Explanation from Agency Theory

Agricultural cooperatives have specific characteristics. Coop members may have different roles (owners, buyers, sellers and controllers) and, consequently, these players may have different objectives. The various stakeholders may also have different objectives from the management of the cooperative....

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Published inThe international food and agribusiness management review Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 127 - 146
Main Authors Arcas-Lario, Narciso, Martín-Ugedo, Juan Francisco, Mínguez-Vera, Antonio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2014
Edition1030
SeriesIssue 1
Volume 17
Subjects
Agricultural cooperative
control
Crop Production/Industries
Demand and Price Analysis
Farm Management
information
Institutional and Behavioral Economics
Labor and Human Capital
Productivity Analysis
satisfaction
trust
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Summary:Agricultural cooperatives have specific characteristics. Coop members may have different roles (owners, buyers, sellers and controllers) and, consequently, these players may have different objectives. The various stakeholders may also have different objectives from the management of the cooperative. This makes agency theory a good framework for the analysis of farmers’ satisfaction with their cooperative. Based on a sample of 277 members of fruit and vegetable marketing cooperatives in Spain, the results show that members’ satisfaction with the cooperative exerts a positive influence on members’ desire to continue as members of that cooperative. The results also confirm the positive influence of trust, information and control on satisfaction.
Bibliography:The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is the published by IFAMA. www.ifama.org
ISSN:1559-2448
1559-2448
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.163357