摘要：The purpose of this study was to verify the relationship between the use and the purposes of the indicators of performance measurement in Cooperatives of Electrification (CEs). It is a quantitative research of a correlational nature, with data obtained in the months of February, March, 2013, with the CEs of Brazil. The results obtained demonstrate the confirmation of all the hypotheses raised, with a strong correlation between the use of the indicators for strategic decision making (0.635) and monitoring and control (0.632) and moderate correlation with education and learning purposes (0.548) , Legitimacy (0.507) and external communication (0.476).
