Analyzing Factors Affecting Social Laziness Among Managers of Rural Service Cooperatives in Ilam province

Social laziness leads to a decrease in the efficiency of individuals, employees, and organizations; this issue shows itself more than any other organization in organizations such as cooperatives whose structure requires cooperation and teamwork. This research was carried out with the aim of analyzing social laziness in rural cooperatives of Ilam province using descriptive-correlational methodology. From 143 managers of rural cooperatives, the sample size was estimated to be 103 using the Krejcie and Morgan table. The samples were selected using random sampling method with proportional assignment. The instrument of data collection was a questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by three members of the academic staff of Ilam University. Its reliability was also calculated using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.91). Data analysis was performed using SPSS software. The findings showed that the relationships of the variables work conscience, self-control, job dissatisfaction, lack of progress motivation, and job commitment with social laziness are significant. Multiple regression analysis also showed that the four variables of lack of achievement motivation, job commitment, work conscience, and job dissatisfaction in total explained 53.1% of the changes in dependent variable social laziness. It is suggested that with the aim of valuing the activities of rural cooperatives and increasing the work motivation of people who are active in the field of rural cooperatives, their entrepreneurial opportunities be identified. Also, the issue of entering cooperatives into new fields with relative advantage in the province and increasing the job attractiveness of rural cooperatives should be put on the agenda.