An exploration of the relationship between member openness and perceived organisational openness at a particular point in the co-operative lifecycle

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dc.contributor.authorByrne, Noreenen
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Oliveen
dc.contributor.authorO’Loughlin, Deirdreen
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-24T11:08:07Z
dc.date.available2023-10-24T11:08:07Z
dc.date.issued2023-10-23en
dc.description.abstractCo-operatives are essentially relational entities which are jointly co-created by members and the co-operative. This relational co-creation is particularly important in the founding years of the co-operative and at points of crisis and regeneration in the co-operative lifecycle. This paper explores the relationship between member openness towards relational engagement and their perception of the co-operative’s openness to that input (perceived openness) in a credit union context, prior to a major period of restructuring. Perceived openness is examined from two distinct perspectives, that is, awareness of right of involvement as owners (which in this paper we equated with co-operative member ownership structure) and possibility of involvement or perception of organisation openness (which in this paper we equated with co-operative process). It was found in the multivariate Logistic model that possibility rather than right of involvement is related to member openness. This suggests that the process of co-operation in a co-operative plays a greater role than the organisational structure of that co-operative in facilitating member input. This is a significant finding and suggests that greater attention needs to be given to process and openness in co-operative research and practice. It also suggests that co-operatives cannot just draw on their member ownership structure, in building member engagement at time of crisis.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.articleid100218en
dc.identifier.citationByrne, N., McCarthy, O. and O’Loughlin, D. (2023) 'An exploration of the relationship between member openness and perceived organisational openness at a particular point in the co-operative lifecycle', Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management, 11(2), 100218 (13pp). doi: 10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100218en
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jcom.2023.100218en
dc.identifier.endpage13en
dc.identifier.issn2213-297Xen
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Co-operative Organization and Managementen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15149
dc.identifier.volume11en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElsevier B.V.en
dc.rights© 2023, the Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectCredit unionsen
dc.subjectOwnershipen
dc.subjectRelationalityen
dc.subjectPerceived openness and member opennessen
dc.titleAn exploration of the relationship between member openness and perceived organisational openness at a particular point in the co-operative lifecycleen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
oaire.citation.issue2en
oaire.citation.volume11en
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