Sociocultural Dimension Cooperative Associations Trujillo state: An economy more human

Abstract

Cooperative organizations as social production units by the growing need for a more human economy, are born with the aim of integrating homogeneously a set of values, ethical principles and shared visions that would not only satisfy specific needs of their members but also a group that hopes to draw organizations socio economically sustainable scenarios for a more just and equitable society. Therefore, the present paper aims to analyze the sociocultural dimension of Trujillo State Cooperative Associations, revealing a more human these social economy organizations. To this end, was part of a descriptive field, taking as sample population to 46 cooperatives Valera Township, Township 13 Boconó and 8 of the San Rafael de Carvajal Trujillo state, using information units to one (1 ) of the Board members of the cooperatives. Using a 46-item questionnaire with Likert type scale with alternative selection, which was submitted to the judgment of three experts to validate the content and reliability was established through Cronbach alpha coefficient, resulting in 0.908. Technique using descriptive statistics for data processing. Concluding that in the social, labor practices had a high frequency rate, which shows a high presence in the vital dynamics of cooperative unfolding the three municipalities studied cooperative organizations that promotes decent, healthy labor relations, promoting training and education of its members on a scale of equal opportunities. However, it was known that they do not feel connected to their communities and promote social responsibility practices. As for the cultural dimension is concluded that in 84.35% Boconó a behavioral elements are the most important (help, self-responsibility, democracy, solidarity), whereas for the structural Valera Municipality have greater enhancement (organizational mission, policy, communication, decision making) and finally to the municipality Carvajal, the symbolic elements are heavier (logo, colors).