caa a22 4500 60615213X CHVBK 20210128100547.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9467-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9467-9 Exploring the Participation of Women in Financial Cooperatives and Credit Unions in Developing Countries [Elektronische Daten] [Karabi Bezboruah, Vijayan Pillai] Participation of women in microfinance institutions (MFIs) is touted to advance development in developing economies. By applying the stakeholder theory, we examine the magnitude of women's participation across MFIs based on their legal characteristics, that is, cooperatives and non-cooperatives across the following dimensions—organizational size, efficiency, loan size, and gender mix. We find that in the case of the cooperative types of MFIs, increases in average loan sizes are associated with decreases in female participation in the administration and governance. Further, the findings demonstrate that with increases in the participation of women borrowers, the number of women in organizational governance also increases. These findings suggest important research and practical implications regarding women's empowerment through participation in mutual cooperative societies. We conclude that credit unions and cooperatives could be an effective tool for enhancing women's participation in organizational administration and governance. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Financial cooperatives nationallicence Credit unions nationallicence Women decision-making nationallicence Microfinance Institutions nationallicence Bezboruah Karabi School of Urban and Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Arlington, 601S. Nedderman Dr., Box 19588, 76019, Arlington, TX, USA aut Pillai Vijayan School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, 211 South Cooper St., Box 19129, 76019, Arlington, TX, USA aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 913-940 0957-8765 26:3<913 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9467-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9467-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bezboruah Karabi School of Urban and Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Arlington, 601S. Nedderman Dr., Box 19588, 76019, Arlington, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pillai Vijayan School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Arlington, 211 South Cooper St., Box 19129, 76019, Arlington, TX, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 913-940 0957-8765 26:3<913 2015 26 11266