Stakeholders’ Involvement, Organizational Learning and Social Innovation: Factors for Strengthening the Resilience of Moroccan Cooperatives in the Post-COVID-19 Era

Mouhcine Rhouiri (), Mohamed-Habiboullah Meyabe, Fatima-Zahra Yousfi, Hicham Saidi, Abdellatif Marghich, Bouchra Aiboud-Benchekroun and Fatima-Zahra Madhat
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Mouhcine Rhouiri: Laboratory of Research and Studies in Management, Entrepreneurship and Finance (LAREMEF), National School of Commerce and Management of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Mohamed-Habiboullah Meyabe: Studies and Research in Management of Organizations and Territories (ERMOT), Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Fatima-Zahra Yousfi: Research Laboratory in Economics, Finance and Management of Organizations (LIREFMO), Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Hicham Saidi: Industrial Technologies and Services Laboratory (LTSI), Superior School of Technology of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Abdellatif Marghich: Laboratory of Research and Studies in Management, Entrepreneurship and Finance (LAREMEF), National School of Commerce and Management of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Bouchra Aiboud-Benchekroun: Studies and Research in Management of Organizations and Territories (ERMOT), Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco
Fatima-Zahra Madhat: Industrial Technologies and Services Laboratory (LTSI), Superior School of Technology of Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez 30000, Morocco

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: The Moroccan cooperative sector is increasingly important, not only in the social and economic fabric of Morocco, but also in the sustainable development of the Kingdom. With the advent of COVID, the cooperative sector offers more inclusive and sustainable economic alternatives than ever before. In this context, organizational resilience is essential to preserve the sustainability of cooperatives and anticipate potential crises. This study addresses the following issue: What are the organizational factors necessary to strengthen the organizational resilience of the Moroccan cooperative in the Fez-Meknes region in times of COVID-19 crisis? The purpose of this paper was to test the hypothesized relationships between a set of latent constructs (actor involvement and mobilization, organizational learning in times of a crisis and social innovation) and the organizational resilience of cooperatives in times of a COVID-19 crisis. The methodology adopted is structural equation modeling based on the PLS-SEM method under the “SmartPLS Version 3” used on data collected through a printed questionnaire administered to 160 cooperatives in the Fez-Meknes region. The results show the significant and positive influence between the exogenous constructs on the strengthening of organizational resilience of cooperatives as an endogenous construct. The novelty of the study lies in the identification of the organizational resources needed to strengthen the organizational resilience of cooperatives in the Moroccan context. The results show that organizational resilience depends on three selected organizational factors: stakeholder involvement and mobilization, organizational learning in the times of a crisis and social innovation.

Keywords: organizational resilience; social innovation; stakeholders’ engagement; organizational learning; social enterprise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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