Abstract: Examines producer cooperatives (PC) in the United States within the context of employee participation in management. Main types of PC; Differences in the formal organizational rules and regulations of these PC; Indicators of the socioeconomic performance of PC; Summary of two influential studies on PC in the U.S.; Best performance given by the PC in the most cooperative grouping.

　　Subjects: MANAGEMENT -- Employee participation; PRODUCER cooperatives; UNITED States