Antecedentes del oportunismo en las cooperativas agroalimentarias

  1. Sánchez Navarro, Jorge Luis 1
  2. Arcas Lario, Narciso 1
  3. Hernández Espallardo, Miguel 2
  1. 1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
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    Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena

    Cartagena, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02k5kx966

  2. 2 Universidad de Murcia
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    Universidad de Murcia

    Murcia, España

    ROR https://ror.org/03p3aeb86

Revista:
CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

ISSN: 0213-8093

Año de publicación: 2019

Número: 97

Páginas: 111-136

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.7203/CIRIEC-E.97.13282 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: CIRIEC - España. Revista de economía pública, social y cooperativa

Resumen

Las cooperativas agroalimentarias son un instrumento con el que cuentan los productores agrarios para afrontar los comportamientos oportunistas de las empresas que les suministran los inputs y de las que adquieren sus productos. Sin embargo, este tipo de comportamientos se reproducen en el interior de la propia organización entre los miembros que interactúan (socios, miembros del Consejo Rector y directivos), originando problemas que afectan de forma negativa al adecuado funcionamiento de las cooperativas y a su competitividad. De aquí la preocupación de los órganos de gobierno de las cooperativas por combatir los comportamientos oportunistas de sus socios, motivo por el que resulta de especial interés conocer los factores o antecedentes que los propician. Precisamente, este es el objetivo de este trabajo empírico, realizado con la información obtenida mediante una encuesta a 140 cooperativas agroalimentarias españolas de primer grado. Los resultados del análisis de los datos obtenidos revelan que mientras la heterogeneidad de los socios, la incertidumbre ambiental y la orientación al mercado de la cooperativa incrementan el oportunismo de los socios; la dependencia de los socios de la cooperativa, la orientación al largo plazo de la relación y la orientación de los socios al mercado lo disminuyen.

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