CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES (CCSC) - Do Co-operative Employees Shop at Co-ops?:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to sincerely thank the co-operatives that enthusiastically agreed to participate in this pilot study; all the employees who took the time to participate in the survey; and Nora Russell for all the editing support and expertise she provided. [...] We surveyed employees at three consumer co- both affective and more pragmatic motivations — the more operatives, framing the research around two inter-related their employees use or buy their goods and services, the questions: better able they would be to talk about the merits of the co-op and its products. [...] Is there any kind of ripple effect, i.e., do co-op employees In late 2021 and early 2022, the Canadian Centre for the Study demonstrate an affinity for consuming the goods and of Co-operatives developed an online pilot survey to explore services of other co-operatives, to the benefit of the larger the shopping, banking, volunteering, and other behaviours of co-operative sector? co-operative employ. [...] Table 2 shows the mean (or average value) of each group As for TV/internet services, 33 percent — and most of these of co-operative employees with regard to how often they work at the telecommunications co-operative — said they shopped for the goods and services at a co-op from figure purchased their services from a co-op. [...] usaskstudies.coop CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES ABOUT THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE OUR FUNDERS STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (CCSC) and The.