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Towo, N.N., Ishengoma, E. and Mori, N. (2022) Relationship Lending and Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies in Tanzania. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 13, 614-635.
https://doi.org/10.1108/ajems-03-2021-0139

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• TITLE: Legal Environment and SACCOS Financial Performance in Mbeya, Tanzania: Mediated by Corporate Governance

  AUTHORS: Stewart Mbegu

  KEYWORDS: Legal Environment, Corporate Governance, Financial Performance, SACCOS, Institutional Theory

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.13 No.1, January 28, 2026

  ABSTRACT: The study was conducted in the Mbeya region of Tanzania, analyzing how corporate governance and the legal environment affected the financial performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS), with a focus on the mediating role of corporate governance. A quantitative survey utilizing a census of 83 active SACCOS collected primary data via structured questionnaires. The study reveals that corporate governance has a substantial and positive direct effect on the financial performance of SACCOS (β = 0.966, p β = 0.977, p β = −0.098, p = 0.027). Nevertheless, corporate governance fully mediates the relationship between the legal environment and financial performance, resulting in a strong positive indirect effect of the legal environment on performance (β = 0.944, p