Success Factors for Farming Collectives

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Iris Pulfer and Markus Lips

Journal of Socio-Economics in Agriculture (Until 2015: Yearbook of Socioeconomics in Agriculture), 2010, vol. 3, issue 1, pages 231-254

Abstract: In order to analyse the current state of farming collectives (FCs) in Switzerland we examined the influence of agro-economic and psychological factors on their success. The latter category was split up into interpersonal, economic and overall success and built up on the basis of a number of indicators. The influence of psychological factors on all three types of success was striking. In particular, trust in the cooperation partner played a decisive role in all types of success, something which is consistent with the findings of past studies. On the other hand, the influence of the agro-economic variables assessed was rather weak. While the variances in interpersonal and overall success can be explained to some extent, the existing variables have only a modest influence on economic success.

Keywords: farming collective; economic satisfaction; interpersonal conflicts; success factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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