Trust in Collective Entrepreneurship in the Context of the Development of Rural Areas in Poland

Leszek Sieczko, Anna Justyna Parzonko and Anna Sieczko
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Leszek Sieczko: Department of Biometry, Institute of Agriculture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Justyna Parzonko: Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Anna Sieczko: Department of Tourism, Social Communication and Consulting, Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-26

Abstract: The aim of this research was to examine whether trust influences the functioning of various forms of collective entrepreneurship in rural areas. The study focused on organizations which are most common in rural Poland: agricultural producer organizations, rural women’s circles, and local action groups. Hence, the survey sample included people engaged in these types of collective entrepreneurship. Data collection was based on a standardized questionnaire distributed online utilizing the computer-assisted web interviewing method. The statistical analysis of the empirical material obtained from 132 respondents involved Pearson and Spearman correlation and principal component analysis. The conducted research shows (1) the superior role of personal trust over institutional trust in the emergence and functioning of the studied forms of collective entrepreneurship in rural areas, (2) the greater importance of social than economic factors determining the functioning of rural collective entrepreneurship, (3) the positive impact of generalized trust on trust placed in the forms of entrepreneurship covered by the analysis, (4) the increase in trust over time of cooperation, and (5) the impact of trust on the functioning of collective entrepreneurship, in both the economic and the social dimensions, with a slight advantage of the latter. By focusing on trust, this article contributes to the literature on the role of trust in developing collective entrepreneurship in rural areas. The authors point out that this article only opens the space for a discussion on trust in the concept of the economics of trust.

Keywords: agricultural producer organizations; rural women’s circles; local action groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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