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Job Satisfaction of Female Agricultural Extension Officers of the Department of Agricultural Extension

N. S. Nurani
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

M. H. Bhuiyan
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

M. S. Ulla
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

M. J. Azad
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine and describe job satisfaction among the Female Agricultural Extension Officers (FAEOs) under the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE). The DAE jurisdiction all over the Bangladesh was the locale of the study. All the Female Agricultural Extension Officers working at different Upazillas were the population of the study. A structured questionnaire was prepared and was pre-tested among ten Female Agricultural Extension Officers at DAE Head Quarter. The corrected questionnaires were mailed to 150 Female Agricultural Extension Officers in August 2012. Out of which 65 duly filled up questionnaire were returned back to the researcher by 30 August 2012. Spearman correlation coefficient was chosen to explore relationships between job satisfaction and characteristics of the Female Agriculture Extension Officers. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents (35.38%) had low job satisfaction followed by 33.85% had medium and 30.77% had high satisfaction. From the spearman coefficient analysis it was found that out of nine independent variables only training had significant and positive relationship and other namely professional commitment, job performance, technological knowledge, problem confrontation capacity, motivation, supervision, personality and initiatives to addressing farmers problem had no relationship with job satisfaction of FAEOs of DAE.

Keywords: Female agricultural extension officers, Job satisfaction, DAE

Location: One hundred and fifty Upazillas of Bangladesh

Start Date: 02-08-2012

End Date: 30-08-2012

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Performance

Objectives:

To determine and describe the job satisfaction factors of Female Agriculture Extension Officers (FAEOs) of DAE
To asses and describe the FAEOs’ selected characteristics
To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of FAEOs with their job satisfaction

Methodology:

One hundred and fifty FAEO’s of 150 Upazillas has constituted the population of the study. For data collection a structured mailed questionnaire was sent to each FAEO through courier service. Out of 150 only 65 (43%) duly filled up the questionnaire and sent back to the researcher. So the sampling size of the population became 65. Professional commitment, age, job performance, technological knowledge, problem confrontation capacity, motivation, supervision, personality, training, and initiativeness to addressing farmers’ problem were the independent variables of the study. Job satisfaction of FAEOs was considered as the dependent variable. Professional commitment was measured by asking questions consisting of related statements, against which scores were assigned according to the degree of professional commitment. Age of an FAEO was measured as the period from her date of birth to the time of filling up the mailed questionnaire and it was expressed in complete years. Job performance of an FAEO was measured by asking questions consisting of job related statements, against which scores were assigned according to the extent of job performance. Technological knowledge of FAEOs’ was tested through inserting ten technology oriented questions. It was measured on the basis of scores obtained against ten different questions. Problem confrontation capacity was measured by asking questions consisting of job related problems, against which score were assigned according to the degree of problem confrontation capacity. Motivation was measured by asking questions consisting of job related statements, against which score were assigned according to the degree of motivation. Supervision was measured by asking questions consisting of job related statements, against which score were assigned according to the degree of supervision. Personality was measured by asking questions consisting of job related statements, against which score were assigned according to the degree of personality. Initiativeness to addressing farmers’ problems was measured by asking questions consisting of job related items, against which score were assigned according to the degree of initiativeness to addressing farmers’ problems. Job satisfaction was measured by computing a job satisfaction score. The scales for measuring job satisfaction, 15 aspects of job satisfaction were selected based on job description of FAEOs. The FAEOs were asked to indicate their opinion against the 15 aspects of job satisfaction. To compute job satisfaction score, a 4-point scale was used. Scores were assigned as 4, 3, 2, and 1 respectively. Job satisfaction was measured by computing these job satisfaction score. Data from the interview schedule were coded, compiled, tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. The analysis was performed using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) software. Null hypotheses were formulated to test the relationship of independent variables with dependent variable as “There is no relationship between the job satisfaction of female agricultural extension officers of DAE and each of the independent variables of the study”. Descriptive analysis such as range, number and percentage distribution, mean and standard deviation were used whenever necessary. Spearman correlation coefficient was used in order to explore the relationship between the concerned variables.

Source of Information: Int. J. Expt. Agric. 4(3):16-19, (2014)

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Funding Source:

1. Government

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Achievement/Findings:

On the basis of findings and their interpretation it was found that job performance of the Female Agricultural Extension Officers assessed by self evaluation was found to be medium. Medium Performance denotes medium job satisfaction. On the basis of above findings it may be concluded that overall job satisfaction of the FAEOs is not satisfactory. In case of comparative satisfaction of fifteen job satisfaction items, the FAEOs did not give equal emphasis. So, careful consideration should be maintained by the controlling officers of DAE to improve the job performance. That lead to job satisfaction. DAE provides proper training system to all employees. But duration of training is too short. At a short period of time, many employees do not capture entire training purpose. So, duration of some training should be increased. Female Agricultural Extension Officers has inadequate technical knowledge. But supplying of practice instruments is very low So, DAE should provide more technological instrument to different Upazillas.

Knowledge Management: Journal