Social Resources and Cooperative Resilience: Findings from the Canadian Cooperative Sector During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Anne-Marie Merrien (), JosŽe Charbonneau (), Iva Jankovic (), Sonja Novkovic (), Fiona Duguid (), Claude-AndrŽ Guillotte () and Ƒtienne Fouquet ()
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Anne-Marie Merrien: IRECUS, University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada)
JosŽe Charbonneau: IRECUS, University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada)
Iva Jankovic: BC Co-op Association (British Columbia, Canada)
Sonja Novkovic: Sobey School of Business, Saint MaryÕs University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Fiona Duguid: Sobey School of Business, Saint MaryÕs University (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Claude-AndrŽ Guillotte: IRECUS, University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada)
Ƒtienne Fouquet: IRECUS, University of Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada)

Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 56-72

Abstract: The international cooperative movement boasts a strong historical legacy of resilience in times of crisis. Early research suggests that this legacy is continued in the cooperative experience during this most recent of global crises, the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the cooperative experience in the first year of the pandemic in Canada, including its impact and the ways in which cooperatives have responded and adapted to challenging conditions. Regardless of challenges they were facing, cooperatives experienced stability during the crisis. They mobilized solidarity measures to support their members, employees, local communities, and other cooperatives including offering financial assistance, in-kind products and services and adapting operations to support pandemic relief. While cooperatives benefited from government relief programs, membership and community support as well as their networked structures contributed to their resilience.

Keywords: Cooperative and mutual enterprises; Organizational resilience; Social resources; CooperativesÕ stakeholders; Covid-19 pandemic; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B55 D23 D71 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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