Determinants of Consumer Cooperatives Engagement on Community Welfare: the Case of Akaki kality sub-city woreda 07
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2023-05-04
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The purpose of the research was studying determinants of consumer cooperatives engagement (professional management, supply of subsidized goods, technology, theft, members’ participation and theft) on community welfare in the case of Akaki kality sub-city woreda 7. Community welfare is dependent variable whereas determinants of consumer cooperatives engagement were the independent variables. For this study, members and customers of the woreda’s consumer cooperative is the population. The target population is 122 member and consumers of woreda 7 consumer cooperative which is 17 members from each 7ketenas (zones) located in woreda 7. Simple random sampling was adopted for the study. Depending on the research objective and research questions, explanatory research design and quantitative research approach is used. Furthermore to test the hypotheses and to answer the research questions, questionnaires were prepared and distributed to the target population. Descriptive analysis (measures of central tendency, dispersion, percentage, mean) and inferential analysis (correlation and regression) of the data gathered were done.
Based on the result of the research, professional management, supply of subsidized goods, technology, theft, members’ participation and capital are determinants of consumers cooperatives engagement on community welfare. Following the statistical evidence of determinants of consumer cooperatives engagement on community welfare, the cooperative union along with the concerned stakeholders and board management should review the strategies that can better assure the communities beneficiary and closely follow up the implementation. The researcher recommends that the same study needs to be conducted again but on a wider scope.
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Professional management, supply of subsidized goods, technology, theft, members’ participation, capital