THE IMPACT OF RESOURCES ON MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SUSTAINABILITY

Organizational sustainability appears to be the end-goal among organizations which includes the cooperative industry. They are exploring means to guarantee that their organizations will last long to continually provide them their needs and assist them increase their income. This industry serves as a powerful tool to alleviate living conditions of the members at the same time sustains economic growth; however, an extremely changing and competitive environment currently challenged this industry. This research work finds its essence through the genuine efforts to contribute knowledge to the current scenario. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of resources on the sustainability of multi-purpose cooperatives. This study employed mixed method research design. The survey conveniently selected a total of 641 cooperative officers among the 75 cooperatives in Bukidnon. The researcher conducted interviews with five officers holding key positions and focus group discussions among 30 members from five cooperatives. The findings show that resources have significant impact on the sustainability of multi-purpose cooperatives. Limitations of this study include the utilized indicators of resources which are; challenge, idea time, idea support, and dynamism that were solely assessed by conveniently selected cooperative officers of Bukidnon. Over-all the study concludes that if multi-purpose cooperatives provide sufficient resources in terms of challenge, idea support, and dynamism to the officers, economic sustainability will be possibly realized.