Abstract
The agricultural extension system in China has been continuously evolving to meet the information needs of farmers.
Contemporarily country has adopted an integrated model of outreach known as Cooperative Agricultural Extension (CoAE).
This paper provides pioneering evidence by evaluating the cooperative performance in CoAE organizations and their associated
factors. By conducting empirical analysis, based on the survey data of 121 CoAE projects in 16 provinces, this study discusses
how organizational proximity and collaboration propensity determines the cooperative performance in CoAE. The results show
that two dimensions of organizational proximity (attribute logic and cognitive logic) and collaboration propensity have
significant positive effects on cooperative performances CoAE. Moreover, the collaboration propensity completely mediates
the relationship between the attribute logic dimension of organizational proximity and cooperative performances. Meanwhile,
the collaboration propensity partially mediates the relationship between the cognitive logic dimension of organizational
proximity and cooperative performance. These findings provide pivotal suggestions in terms of inter-organizational
collaboration and the importance of common physical and knowledge resources, which can improve the cooperative
performance and efficiency of CoAE in China.
Qijie Gao, Jiamei Qiao, Gao Dong, Nasir Abbas Khan, Yunhao Yao. (2021) ORGANIZATIONAL PROXIMITY, COLLABORATION PROPENSITY, AND COOPERATIVE PERFORMANCES: THE CASE OF COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION IN CHINA, Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, Volume 58, Issue 1.
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