Should I Stay or Should I Go? Normative Member Commitment in Co-operatives

Jussila, Iiro; Roessl, Dietmar; Tuominen, Terhi

doi:10.5539/ijms.v6n6p26

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“…High levels of trust may even act as a substitute for formal contracts in contexts where these are not legally enforceable [58]. Inversely, low levels of trust among the participating agents were linked to faltering performances of POs as well as to reduced levels of member commitment and satisfaction with the co-operatives [59,60]. Moreover, the relationships among actors of trust do not exist in a vacuum, but emerge in an already existing social context [61,62].…”

Section: Relational Challenges To Pos Apos and Ibosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging Beef Producer Organisations (POs) in the Irish Beef Sector: An Analysis of Media Coverage in the Context of Nationwide Beef Producer Protests

2021

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International literature acknowledges benefits of the legally recognised Producer Organisations (POs). Successful leveraging of these benefits depends on two forms of cooperation: horizontal integration among the producers for more effective functioning of the POs; and vertical integration of POs with other actors in the production chain to facilitate processes of co-creation and interactive innovation. In 2016 PO legislation was first introduced in Ireland, and in 2019 Ireland’s first two beef POs emerged at a time when primary producers in the beef sector mobilised en masse, protesting against poor prices and seeking changes in supply chain relationships. Throughout this period, significant and detailed media reporting of the beef sector surrounded the protests, which takes the focus of our analysis. Building on an existing but limited literature on institutional conditions in the Irish beef industry and international accounts of factors influencing the success of POs, we analyse media coverage in order to shed light on the nature of emerging new forms of horizontal and vertical cooperation. In this regard, we focus on horizontal integration of producers into PO and associations of POs (APOs); and vertical integration of POs into Inter Branch Organisations (IBOs) and value-based supply chains (VBSCs). Our analysis shows that the media representations of the Irish beef sector evidence significant challenges to the establishment and successful operation of POs, in any form. The analysis suggests that current constellation of relations in the Irish beef sector represents an environment that is partially resistant to horizontal co-operation and significantly hostile to vertical co-operation. Interactive innovation involving different chain actors seems not to be imminent, at least in the short term, unless there are strategic public and/or private interventions introduced to support it.

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Section: Relational Challenges To Pos Apos and Ibosmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emerging Beef Producer Organisations (POs) in the Irish Beef Sector: An Analysis of Media Coverage in the Context of Nationwide Beef Producer Protests

2021

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“…Equally, the subsidiary's trust in the HQ can enormously facilitate acceptance and integration of the practices transferred (Kostova 1999). The cooperativization of foreign subsidiaries can involve drastic changes for workers in certain institutional contexts, especially taking into account the uniqueness of the ideals, visions, goals, and values that characterize cooperative philosophy and organizational culture (Jussila, Roessl, & Tuominen, 2014). So, these initiatives should be preceded by education and training programs in cooperative values and practices at foreign subsidiaries.…”

Section: Practical Implications For Multinational Co-opsmentioning

confidence: 99%