This study aims to understand individual characteristics, organizational culture and organizational commitment of the managers and management of cooperatives. Cooperatives, as a pillar of economics in Indonesia, are getting less conducive compared to other economic actors, such as State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and private companies. One of the missions of the cooperatives in Indonesia is to strengthen the national economy in which most of the actors are economically weak. This research tries to understand how human resources manage a cooperative and to find suitable solutions based on aspects of organizational culture fit to local situations and conditions. The data was collected by using questionnaire and analyzed by using SEM-PLS. The results show that individual characteristics significantly influenced organizational culture and organizational commitment. However, organizational culture did not significantly influence organizational commitment. This study suggests that it is necessary to increase the organizational culture by focusing on mutual cooperation values to make the organizational commitment stronger. For individual characteristics, the cooperative managers and management with positive personalities, values and attitude to cooperatives are required to commit for the cooperative’s success. It is highly important to maintain the existence of cooperatives in the midst of aggressive market penetration of private business actors Keywords: Individual Characteristics, Organizational Culture, Organizational Commitment, SEM.