The purpose of this article is to identify the most effective governance configurations, including gender composition, for the creation and amplification of solidarity economy cooperative (SEC) members' income. It is known that the governance of these organizations affects their ability to provide work and income to millions of disfranchised people around the world. However, the relationship between the governance of SECs, their members' gender, and their income remains under-investigated and under-theorized. To bridge this gap, we employ the qualitative comparative analysis method to investigate different dimensions of the governance of 327 small Brazilian SECs. Our results indicate two governance configurations that are highly likely to lead to the production and increase of members' income. In general, our results show that the most successful SECs in this regard are those that adopt more traditional governance structures and have a prevalence of male members. Our findings also indicate that democratic aspect of SEC governance must be coupled with other governance structures in order to deliver the expected results. Our results will be of interest to both scholars and SEC leaders for better understanding and managing the connection between the governance of these organizations and their members' income generation.

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团结经济合作社：治理和性别对成员收入的影响

本文的目的是确定最有效的治理配置，包括性别构成，以创造和扩大团结经济合作社 (SEC) 成员的收入。众所周知，这些组织的治理会影响它们为全球数百万被剥夺权利的人提供工作和收入的能力。然而，证券交易委员会的治理、其成员的性别和他们的收入之间的关系仍然没有得到充分研究和理论化。为了弥合这一差距，我们采用定性比较分析方法来调查 327 个巴西小型 SEC 治理的不同维度。我们的结果表明两种治理配置极有可能导致成员收入的产生和增加。一般来说，我们的结果表明，在这方面最成功的 SEC 是那些采用更传统的治理结构并且男性成员占多数的 SEC。我们的研究结果还表明，SEC 治理的民主方面必须与其他治理结构相结合，才能实现预期结果。我们的结果将引起学者和 SEC 领导人的兴趣，以更好地理解和管理这些组织的治理与其成员创收之间的联系。