Members' perception of their participation in the governance of cooperatives: The key to trust and commitment in agricultural cooperatives

Agribusiness

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-197

  Österberg, Peter ^a   Nilsson, Jerker ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 68949123203     PISSN: 07424477     EISSN: 15206297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/agr.20200     Document Type: Article

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