Assessment of the Effect of Manager's Management Style in the Success of Agricultural Cooperatives of Isfahan Province, Iran

The general goal of this research was as sessment of the effect of managers’ management style in the success of agricultural cooperatives of Isfahan province. This research was an analytical research. Based on Chocran formulas multi-stage cluster sampling in three different agricultural cooperative (poultry and animal husbandry، horticulture، and others) of three different districts (flat، mountainous، and desert) 108 board of director members and executive managers out of 540 members were randomly selected. After completion of 30 pre-survey questionnaires، statistical tests (KMO and alpha coefficient) showed that the research instrument was valid and reliab to analyz dependencies among research variables، this research employed frequency distribution tables as well as path analysis. Research results showed that cooperatives have not been successful in satisfying their goals defined by the articles of association. Finally، results of path analysis showed that the success of cooperatives mostly relies on management style، and organizational training.