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Perception analysis of fisheries and agricultural credit cooperative members regarding cooperatives

Year 2025, Volume: 42 Issue: 3, 248 - 255, 10.09.2025

Şennan Yücel , Sebahattin Yündem , Gülşen Uzun Gören

https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.42.3.07

Abstract

This research is one of the rare studies that aims to examine the perceptions of the members of Fisheries Cooperatives and Agricultural Credit Cooperatives on cooperatives together. The demographic, socio-cultural and socio-economic conditions of the members of cooperatives, their demands from cooperatives and their perceptions of cooperatives, which are among the pioneers of horizontal organisation in civil society organisations, were examined. A scale consisting of multiple choice and Likert type questions was used in the study. The data obtained from the research were analysed by descriptive and logistic regression methods. It was determined that the average age of the members of Fishery Cooperatives was 49.170+9.884 and the average age of the members of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives was 48.448+10.037. While there were no members with postgraduate education among both Fishery Cooperative members and Agricultural Credit Cooperative members, 0.8% of Fishery Cooperative members and 4% of Agricultural Credit Cooperative members were bachelor's degree holders, 33% of Fishery Cooperative members and 39% of Agricultural Credit Cooperative members were high school graduates. It was found that education level, years of cooperative membership, purpose of using the internet, and additional income had an effect on the members definition of their “financial situation”, while the belief that “the main purpose of cooperatives is not to make profit” was negatively affected by reading the cooperative agreement and additional income, and the age of cooperative members also negatively affected the belief that “bureaucracy negatively affects cooperative activities”. Due to the characteristics of their products, it was found that the members of the Fishery Cooperative were concerned about the sale of products and both cooperative members complained about the high cost of service procurement.

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Cooperative logistic regression innovative cooperative

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No specific ethical approval was required for this study.

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  • Nan, Y., Gao, Y., & Zhou, Q. (2019). Rural credit cooperatives contribution to agricultural growth: Evidence from China. Agricultural Finance Review, 79(1) 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-06-2017-0042
  • Oetzel, J.G., & Ting-Toomey, S. (2003). Face concerns in interpersonal conflict: A cross-cultural empirical test of the face negotiation theory, Communication Research, 30(6), 599 624. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650203257841
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  • Özdamar, K. (2013). Statistical data analysis with package programs I-II. Revised 9th Edition. Nisan Publishing House, 569-493, (in Turkish)
  • Saruhan, Ş.C., & Özdemirci, A. (2011). Philosophy and methodology of science. İstanbul: Beta Publishing, 425, (in Turkish)
  • Spicer, J., Kay, T., & Ganz, M. (2019). Social entrepreneurship as field encroachment: how a neoliberal social movement constructed a new field. Socio Economic Review, 17(1), 195 227. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwz014
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Su ürünleri ve tarım kredi kooperatifi ortaklarının kooperatiflere ilişkin algı analizi

Year 2025, Volume: 42 Issue: 3, 248 - 255, 10.09.2025

Şennan Yücel , Sebahattin Yündem , Gülşen Uzun Gören

https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.42.3.07

Abstract

Bu araştırma, Su Ürünleri Kooperatifleri ve Tarım Kredi Kooperatifleri ortaklarının kooperatifçilik algılarını birlikte incelemeyi amaçlayan nadir çalışmalardan biridir. Kooperatif ortaklarının demografik, sosyo-kültürel ve sosyo-ekonomik durumları, kooperatiflerden talepleri ve sivil toplum örgütlenmelerinde yatay örgütlenmenin öncülerinden olan kooperatiflere yönelik algıları incelenmiştir. Araştırmada çoktan seçmeli ve likert tipi sorulardan oluşan bir ölçek kullanılmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen veriler betimsel ve lojistik regresyon yöntemleri ile analiz edilmiştir. Su Ürünleri Kooperatifleri ortaklarının yaş ortalamasının 49.170+9.884 ve Tarım Kredi Kooperatifleri ortaklarının yaş ortalamasının ise 48.448+10.037 olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Hem Su Ürünleri Kooperatifi hem de Tarım Kredi Kooperatifi ortakları arasında lisansüstü eğitim almış ortak bulunmazken, Su Ürünleri Kooperatifi ortaklarının %0.8'i ve Tarım Kredi Kooperatifi ortaklarının %4'ü lisans mezunu, Su Ürünleri Kooperatifi ortaklarının %33'ü ve Tarım Kredi Kooperatifi ortaklarının %39'u lise mezunudur. Eğitim düzeyi, kooperatife üyelik yılı, internet kullanım amacı ve ek gelirin ortakların “mali durumlarını” tanımlamalarında etkili olduğu, “kooperatiflerin temel amacının kar elde etmek olmadığı” inancının kooperatif sözleşmesini okuma ve ek gelirden olumsuz etkilendiği, kooperatif ortaklarının yaşının da “bürokrasinin kooperatif faaliyetlerini olumsuz etkilediği” inancını olumsuz etkilediği tespit edilmiştir. Su Ürünleri Kooperatifi ortaklarının ürünlerinin özellikleri nedeniyle ürün satışı konusunda endişe duydukları ve her iki kooperatif ortağının da hizmet alım maliyetlerinin yüksekliğinden şikayetçi oldukları tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

Kooperatif lojistik regresyon yenilikçi kooperatif

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  • Akçay, V. H., & Ünlüönen, M. B. (2020). Swot analysis and comparison of social cooperatives described as new generation cooperative with traditionals in Turkey. Third Sector Social Economic Review, 55(4), 2684-2703. (in Turkish with English abstract) https://doi.org/10.15659/3.sektor-sosyal-ekonomi.20.12.1488
  • Allen, N. J., & Meyer, J. P. (1990). The measurement and antecedents of affective, continuance and normative commitment to the organization. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 63, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.1990.tb00506.x
  • Altıntaş, Y. Y. (2010). The usage of data mining in medicine and an application: Analysis of risk factors? Interactions according to risk levels for hemodialysis patients, M.Sc. Thesis, Gazi University, Türkiye. (in Turkish)
  • Altunışık, R., Coşkun, R., Bayraktaroğlu, S., & Yıldırım, E. (2012). Research methods in social sciences, Sakarya, Sakarya Publishing, 398. (in Turkish)
  • Barling, J., Christie, A., & Hoption, C. (2010). Leadership. In S. Zedeck (Ed.), APA Handbook of industrial and organizational psychology, American Psychological Association. 1, Building and Developing the Organization, 183–240. https://doi.org/10.1037/12169-007
  • Baş, T. (2013). Survey. 7th edition, Ankara, Seçkin Publishing, 263. (in Turkish)
  • Berkson, J. (1944) Application of the logistic function to bio-assay. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 39(227), 357-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.1944.10500699
  • Bourlier-Bargues, E., Gond, J.-P., & Valiorgue, B. (2023). Fast and spurious: How executives capture governance structures to prevent cooperativization. Human Relations, 77(4), 455 483. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221137872
  • Can, M. (2015). Become a cooperative as a marketing strategy of producers: Alanya sample, Doctoral thesis, Gaziosmanpaşa University, Türkiye. (in Turkish)
  • Cechin, A., Bijman, J., & Pascucci, S. (2013). Drivers of proactive member participation in agricultural cooperatives: Evidence from Brazil. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 84(4), 443-468. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12023
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  • Çiçek, A., & Erkan, O. (1996). Research and sampling methods in agricultural economics. Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Agriculture Publications, 12(6), 45-55. (in Turkish)
  • Didier, B. V., Henninger, M. C., & Akremi, E. A. (2012). The relationship between members’ trust and participation in the governance of cooperatives: The role of organizational commitment. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 15(1), 1-24.
  • Doğan, K. (2010). Socio-economic analysis of İstanbul fish cooperatives and their members. Journal of FisheriesSciences.com, 4(4), 318.
  • Fitz-Koch, S., Nordqvist, M., Carter, S., & Hunter, E. (2018). Entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector: A literature review and future research opportunities. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42(1), 129-166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717732958
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  • Karademir, M. (2012). The problems faced in fishery cooperatives and solution suggestions: The case of Istanbul, Marmara University, M.Sc. Thesis, İstanbul, Türkiye. (in Turkish)
  • Karademir, M., & Arat, M. E. (2014). The problems faced in fishery cooperatives and solution suggestions: The case of İstanbul. Marmara University Oneri Journal, 11(41), 133-156. (in Turkish with English abstract) https://doi.org/10.14783/od.v11i41.5000011409
  • Kocabaş, F. (2008). The importance of the internet in strengthening non-profit organizations in the context of globalization. Kamu-İş Journal, 10(2), 173-195. (in Turkish)
  • Koraltan, T., & Tezmen N. (1971). Cooperatives in Turkish Law, Ankara, Turkey. Nam Printing, 527. (in Turkish)
  • Maimon R. (2005). Data mining & Knowledge discovery handbook, Springer, 334. https://doi.org/10.1007/b107408
  • Meyer, J. P., & Allen, N. J. (1991). A three-component conceptualization of organizational commitment, Human Resource Management Review, 1, 61–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/1053-4822(91)90011-Z
  • Miran, B. (2002). Basic statistics, İzmir, Ege University Press, 288. (in Turkish)
  • Mülayim, Z. G. (2010). Cooperativism, 8th edition, Ankara, Turkey. Yetkin Publications, 595. (in Turkish)
  • Nadeau, E., & Nadeau, L. (2016). The Cooperative society: The next stage of human history. First edition, Wisconsin, Emile G Nadeau, 1-42.
  • Nan, Y., Gao, Y., & Zhou, Q. (2019). Rural credit cooperatives contribution to agricultural growth: Evidence from China. Agricultural Finance Review, 79(1) 119-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-06-2017-0042
  • Oetzel, J.G., & Ting-Toomey, S. (2003). Face concerns in interpersonal conflict: A cross-cultural empirical test of the face negotiation theory, Communication Research, 30(6), 599 624. https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650203257841
  • Ostrom, E. (1990). Governing the commons: The evolution of institutions for collective action. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1-271. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511807763
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  • Özdamar, K. (2013). Statistical data analysis with package programs I-II. Revised 9th Edition. Nisan Publishing House, 569-493, (in Turkish)
  • Saruhan, Ş.C., & Özdemirci, A. (2011). Philosophy and methodology of science. İstanbul: Beta Publishing, 425, (in Turkish)
  • Spicer, J., Kay, T., & Ganz, M. (2019). Social entrepreneurship as field encroachment: how a neoliberal social movement constructed a new field. Socio Economic Review, 17(1), 195 227. https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwz014
  • Tadesse, Y., Almekinders, C. J. M., Griffin, D., & Struik, P. C. (2020). Collective production and marketing of quality potato seed: Experiences from two cooperatives in Chencha, Ethiopia. Forum for Development Studies, 47(1), 139-156. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2019.1635523
  • Wiener, Y. (1982). Commitment in organizations: A normative view. Academy of Management Review,7(3), 418-428. https://doi.org/10.2307/257334
  • Wulandhari, N.B.I., Gölgeci, I., Mishra, N., Sivarajah, U., & Gupta, S. (2022). ‘Exploring the role of social capital mechanisms in cooperative resilience’, Journal of Business Research, 143, 375–386. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.01.026
  • Yilmaz, C., & Hunt, S. D. (2001). Salesperson cooperation: The influence of relational, task, organizational, and personal factors, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29, 335 357. https://doi.org/10.1177/03079450094207
  • Yücel, Ş., & Acar, G. (2018). Socio-economic status of fishery cooperatives’s directors and their views about the cooperatives’s problems. Gaziosmanpasa Journal of Scientific Research, 7(2), 57-66. (in Turkish with English abstract)
  • Yücel, Ş., Acar, G., & Güneri, N. (2021). Determination of problems of fisheries cooperatives by factor analysis method. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 30, 1666-1673.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Fisheries Management
Journal Section Articles
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Şennan Yücel 0000-0002-0522-9846

Sebahattin Yündem 0009-0004-8767-3116

Gülşen Uzun Gören 0000-0001-9109-2921

Early Pub Date September 1, 2025
Publication Date September 10, 2025
Submission Date May 12, 2025
Acceptance Date August 1, 2025
Published in Issue Year 2025 Volume: 42 Issue: 3

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APA Yücel, Ş., Yündem, S., & Uzun Gören, G. (2025). Perception analysis of fisheries and agricultural credit cooperative members regarding cooperatives. Ege Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 42(3), 248-255. https://doi.org/10.12714/egejfas.42.3.07