The Prospect of Cooperatives in Secondary Education Graduates
Hendrikus Pedro(a),(b), Koentjoro(a), Sito Meiyanto(a)
a) Gadjah Mada University
b) Nusa Nipa University
Abstract
Structural empowerment has been studied in various organizations, but has not been studied in cooperative organizations, whereas empowerment is an important issue in cooperatives. Cooperative Structural empowerment is the ability of individuals to use cooperative structures to achieve their goals. The cooperative structure referred to is the opportunity, information, support and organizational resources that can be utilized by members to develop themselves. The cooperative is a movement that lasts more than one hundred years and has succeeded in increasing the welfare of the poor and uneducated. The purpose of this study is to see the extent to which the role of education influences the structural empowerment of cooperative members. The research method used was a survey by collecting structural empowerment scale from 290 cooperative members. Data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA technique. The results showed that there were differences in the structural empowerment of cooperative members in terms of education level (F = 3812., P = 0.02). Secondary education level has the highest mean = 90.09 followed by Higher level education = 84.98 and basic education 79.35. Therefore cooperatives have good prospects for middle school graduates. The future of cooperatives lies with the graduates of secondary education
Keywords: structural empowerment, cooperatives, education level
Topic: Management