Participation and Success: A Study in Range Management Cooperatives, Iran

This study aimed to examine the effect of participation of cooperatives' members in the rate of success of range management cooperatives in Golestan province. This study was done as a survey research. Study population involved ordinary members and board of director of range management cooperatives in which 308 ordinary members and 85 members of board of director were studied by using stratified random sampling. Instrument for data collection was a questionnaire made by researchers and tested by a pilot study. Results of the study showed that participation and cooperation of members in different affairs of cooperative has a strong significant relation with the rate of success of range management cooperatives. Based on the findings it is suggested that some arrangements should be considered so that members participate more in performing renovation and improvement operations and election of board of directors and public associations.