The Role of Leadership in the Organization and the Administration of Women’s Agricultural Cooperatives in Greece: A Case Study
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52990#.VK86CcnQrzE Author(s) Lassithiotaki Aikaterini Affiliation(s) Department of Rural Development, Municipality of Heraklion, Heraklion, Greece . ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of chairwomen in the organization and administration of Women’s Agricultural Cooperatives at the Prefecture of Heraklion, in the island of Crete, Greece. The aim of the research is to provide answers to the questions “how” and “why” the chairwomen affect the organization and the administration of cooperatives and it is focused on the administrative, social, cognitive, personal and entrepreneurial skills of chairwomen. The results of a qualitative study involving 12 chairwomen of rural women’s Traditional Food Production Cooperatives of the Prefecture of Heraklion indicated that their role was multiple and complex and it affected positively the organizational and ent...