The Analysis of Cooperatives' Social Entrepreneurship in Line with the General Policies of Employment

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1 PhD of Public Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

2 MA of Financial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Islamic Azad University Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The aim of this research is to investigate the social entrepreneurship of cooperatives in line with general policies of employment. It takes a confirmatory cross-sectional practical research design. It uses surveys and field study data collection. A standard questionnaire is employed to measure the information technology capabilities, cultural entrepreneurship, and work culture which consists of 21 questions. The validity was confirmed through CVR and CVI panels of experts. The reliability of the model was confirmed through Cronbach alpha, mixed, and shared reliabilities. The population consisted of the managers in the production cooperatives who used the sampling program of G power with 0.1 alpha level and balance test of 0.85%, which resulted in 171 samples. The structural equation modeling was used to test out the assumptions of the research. The data was also fed into SPSS (version 24) and Smart: PLS (version 3). The findings showed that the information technology capability has a positive significant effect on social entrepreneurship. Also, the work culture has a significant impact on social entrepreneurship. The moderating role of work culture was confirmed as well.

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