THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGE AND TRADITIONS OF POLISH COOPERATIVES ON THE FUNCTIONING OF MODERN FOOD COOPERATIVES
THE INFLUENCE OF THE IMAGE AND TRADITIONS OF POLISH COOPERATIVES ON THE FUNCTIONING OF MODERN FOOD COOPERATIVES

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article became to verify the influence of the pre-World War II cooperative image and tradition developed over the years on thefunctioning of contemporary food cooperatives in Poland. Based on theestimation of an ordered logit model, the factors that exert a statisticallysignificant influence on the perception of the context of Polish cooperativetraditions in relation to the current functioning of the studied cooperatives weredetermined. Empirical material was collected by conducting a survey. Generalconclusions were made based on the interpretation of the results of thequantitative analysis. The main findings of the presented study indicate thatthe image and traditions formed before the Second World War have asignificant impact on respondents' perception of contemporary foodcooperatives. The average age of the organization's members and the fact thatthey have higher education have a positive impact on the evaluation of thetradition of Polish cooperatives as a factor conducive to the contemporaryactivities of the surveyed cooperatives.

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