Participation Level Of Members Research Articles

Participatory Development Communication for Family Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic

The objective of this study is to elaborate and assess participatory development communication strategies employed in women's empowerment program by an Islamic non-governmental organization, specifically Lembaga Lingkungan Hidup dan Penanggulangan Bencana (LLHPB) 'Aisyiyah (Environment and Disaster Management Institute) Probolinggo City, East Java, Indonesia in 2020 to attain family food security during the Covid-19 pandemic. The three series of activities that constitute this empowerment program include training on planting vegetables, training on vegetables and fish cultivation in buckets, and engaging the online 'Aisyiyah Market group. This study utilized a case study methodology, collecting data through documentation and interviews with six informants who were committee members and members of 'Aisyiyah who are active in the empowerment initiative. This study demonstrates that, generally, the circumstance that the committee retains complete authority during crucial decision-making phases contributes to the practice of participatory communication in empowerment program. According to this study, the three activities used monologic and dialogic communication modalities in varying methods. Because collaborative member involvement only occurs when planning the formation of the 'Aisyiyah Market group, the level of member participation in the other two activities is still at a low level and only reveals involvement at the implementation and post-implementation stages of the activity.

Local meanings and perceptions of women’s empowerment: Qualitative evidence from female and male farmers in rural Ghana

Assessing the relationship between empowerment and nutrition along the agriculture-nutrition pathway is limited by dissimilar emic and etic views of the construct, limited understanding of its contextual variation, and measurement difficulties. This study explored local meanings and perceptions of empowerment among women and men farmers in rural Ghana. The qualitative study took place within the LinkINg Up project, a quasi-experimental, nutrition-sensitive agriculture intervention (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03869853) in three sub-districts of the Eastern Region. The intervention was implemented through farmer-based organizations (FBO) that were selected using a set of criteria such as female representation and level of member participation. Within the FBO, all women were recruited to participate along with one male adult family member (spouse/partner, older son, father). Non-FBO members (women and their male family member) from the same communities were also enrolled as a comparison group. This manuscript addresses an independent research question on empowerment, not the LinkINg Up intervention outcomes. For the question, participants (53 females and 45 males) were selected purposefully based on FBO membership of the woman (member, non-member). During the first three months of the project, eight focus group discussions (FGD) with women and seven FGD with men were conducted to probe into local understandings of empowerment and women’s empowerment (WE). The FGD were translated to English from the local language and transcripts were coded using a Constructivist Grounded Theory approach (open, axial, selective coding) with MAXQDA 2022. Women and men described empowerment in terms of an individual’s capability to improve circumstances by setting and meeting intentional and measurable goals. The construct of empowerment was made up of internal and external components. Internal components were those that were essential to allow one to be empowered, such as self-confidence, while the external components of empowerment were related to personal and community factors that empowered people, for example, asset ownership and social support. Emic understandings of WE were often related to women’s relationships with others and their roles (reproductive, productive, and community) within the studied context. The local descriptions of an empowered woman were categorized as someone who: i) exhibits qualities that are perceived to help one achieve goals, ii) takes actions to achieve goals, and iii) works with others to achieve own goals or common goals. When assessing WE in the study area, it is important to incorporate measures for women’s goal-setting capacity in relation to farming and business activities, and their ability to implement their goals, while taking into account relational aspects. Key words: Nutrition-sensitive agriculture, Farmers, Empowerment, Emic, Women, Gender, Low-income population, Ghana

English

The development requires directed actions for the improvement and improvement of the quality of human life, guidelines that can provide direction in development strategies as social policies designed for the welfare of the community and the quality of life of the community in order to meet social, economic, health and other public services needs including responsibility in providing services to the poor, providing guarantees to the community so as not tofall into poverty. This study includes descriptive qualitative with the aim of analyzing the implementation of the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency, explaining the factors that affect the effectiveness of groups in the program UPPKS in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency and analyzed the success of the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment in Tanah Laut Regency. Scientific qualitative research methods concoct various information from objects and subjects in social research. From 11 sub-Regency in Tanah Laut Regency, in total, there are 135 villages and sub?Regency. The factors that influence the effectiveness of groups in the UPPKS program in family economic empowerment include (1) human factors, namely the level of member participation, member commitment, and leadership influence. (2) material factors, namely the availability of raw materials, availability of packaging materials, supporting equipment, product quality, and promotional activities. (3) method factors, namely communication, deliberation and consensus, division of tasks, openness, and the existence of standard operating procedures. (4) environmental factors, namely assistance to family planning officers/extension agents, the role of local government, banking / private sector/stakeholders.

FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN TINGKAT PARTISIPASI ANGGOTA KOPERASI (Kasus pada KUD Tenera Jaya Di Desa Banjar Panjang Kecamatan Kerumutan Kabupaten Pelalawan dan Koperasi Bina Usaha Desa Benayah Kecamatan Pusako Kabupaten Siak Provinsi Riau)

ABSTRACT
 
 Cooperation is a profit-oriented and family-based social organization that aim to help in increasing the budget. This study aims to analyze: characteristics of management, employees, and members of the Cooperation, factors related to the level of cooperation member participation. This research was carried out at the KUD Tenera Jaya, Banjar Panjang Village, Kerumutuan District, Pelalawan Regency and Bina Usaha Cooperative in Benayah Village, Pusako District, Siak Regency, Riau Province, during 6 months. The method used in this study is a survey method. The respondents consisted of members, management and employees. Management and Employee Respondents were taken in a census, that is, 3 cooperatives and 3 employees' cooperatives. Respondents from the Tenera Jaya Cooperative were taken by cluster sampling, 44 were taken from 370 people. Samples of members of the Cooperative Business Development taken by stratified sampling are 60 people out of 210 people. Data were analyzed descriptively qualitative and quantitative descriptive approach. The results of the study were average of management age 51 years, employees of 35 years and 49.81 years. The average level of education of administrators was 10.5 years (not graduated from high school), 11.5 years employees (graduated from high school) and 8.45 years (equivalent to junior high school). The education level of management, employees, and members of the cooperation was relatively low. The average business experience of management was 10.06 years, employees were 10.33 years, and members were 12.45 years. The average amount of income from the management of palm oil was Rp 2.6 million per month, employees were Rp 2.28 million per month and members were Rp. 2.99 million per month. The average number of family management dependents was 3 people, 2 employees, and 3 members. Tenera Jaya cooperative business performance can be seen from the Value of Direct Economic Benefits and economic efficiency analysis. The level of overall participation of KUD Tenera Jaya members (participation in decision making in organizations, participation in the implementation of cooperative activities and services, participation in evaluating cooperative programs, participation in rights and obligations as members) received good category scores. The business performance of the Bina Usaha Cooperation was in a good category. The level of member participation in Bina Usaha cooperation was also a good category. Factors that significantly related to the level of farmer participation were the Cooperative Bina Usaha Performance and the experience of being a KUD member. While the other characteristic factors did not significantly relate. This means that the better the cooperative's business performance is felt by members and the more the level of member participation in the cooperative increases. In addition, the more experienced being a member of cooperation is the better the level of participation of cooperation members.

Strengthening Institutions and Enterprises of Cooperative and Their Impact on Members’ Assets

Revitalization of Cooperative interpreted as a series of activities undertaken to reorganize the institutional and strengthen cooperative efforts in accordance with the values and principles of cooperatives. Cooperative serves as a tool to equalize the concentration of control of economic assets so that the weak economy may have opportunities to enhance economic independence. The purpose of this study is to explore the link between the level of member participation and human resource competencies to the strengthening of the institutional and cooperative efforts as well as its impact on member assets. This research used logistic regression analysis and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results showed that the level of participation of members and managers of Human Resources competencies significantly affect institutional strengthening and cooperative efforts. Different test shows that there is a difference between financial capital and human capital before and after become a member of the cooperative.

Democratic Costs in Member‐Controlled Organizations

ABSTRACTIn this study, we examine the costs of democratic control, an important factor affecting the competitiveness of traditional agricultural cooperatives. Although there has been some theoretical discussion about this issue, no empirical research has been done on these costs; the present study aims to bridge this gap. Following the literature, the main source of democratic costs in agricultural cooperatives is the level of member participation in cooperative governance. We have developed more specific theoretical insights about this special kind of decision‐making cost by showing the effect of differences in the level of member participation on democratic costs, differences in terms of democratic and influence costs and in terms of agency costs, and differences between both direct and opportunity democratic costs. Members should take both the relative direct and opportunity costs within total democratic costs into account when determining the optimal size and composition of their board. [EconLit citations: Q130, D790, D230].

Unions and Pay Equity in New Zealand: Organisation, Negotiation, Legislation

ABSTRACT This article illustrates the role that unions can play in achieving gender pay equity through collective campaigns, particularly in occupations and/or industries where union density is high. The 2003–2005 New Zealand nurses' Fair Pay Campaign, which resulted in pay rises of between 20 to 47 per cent for experienced nurses, is detailed. The Campaign combined industrial and political strategies to mobilise union members, generate public support, and pressure the government to accede to the pay claim. Apart from substantial pay increases, the Fair Pay Campaign resulted in a high level of member participation and increased the profile of the union to its members and the general public, resulting in membership growth. The Fair Pay Campaign is discussed within the broader context of the changes that occurred in industrial relations regulation in New Zealand in the 1990s, as well as the greater focus on pay equity following the 2004 Report of the Taskforce on Pay and Employment Equity.

Organizational citizenship: a case study of MedLink Ltd

A case study analysis was conducted on a Canadian company, to investigate the impact of selected independent variables on productivity, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship. The study tested the hypothesis that there was a decrease in these variables among employees because of ineffective project management resulting in unmet deadlines, incomplete end results, inequitable allocation of resources and inequitable levels of member participation to the accomplishment of projects. Concludes there appears to be a direct relationship between the factors of communication, leadership, power and politics, organizational structure and the decrease in productivity in terms of meeting project timelines and efficient product development.

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Effects of Anonymity and Group Saliency on Participation and Interaction in a Computer-Mediated Small-Group Discussion

AbstractResearch on the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in learning environments has demonstrated that the levels of member participation and achievement are consistently high when compared to more traditional learning environments. On closer scrutiny, this medium of exchange seems to have a dramatic impact on the ability of groups to structure interaction across time. This article reports on the structure of individual interaction in a CMC environment in which one condition had a high level of group identification in contrast to a condition that maintained individual anonymity. In addition, the condition of identity was crossed with a redesigned user interface that required participants in the discussion to map their interaction manually. The results of this study indicate that high group saliency inhibits the development of highly structured interpersonal interaction. However, through the use of a graphic-based interface, members are more likely to engage in highly structured interpersonal ...