Work, life, and effect of job on family satisfaction of Texas extension agents /
The purpose of this study was to determine the correlations of satisfaction to the work, life, and effect of job on family satisfaction of Texas Extension agents. All 680 extension agents employed by Texas Cooperative Extension in March, 2003 were solicited for participation in the survey. Data...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to determine the correlations of satisfaction to the work, life, and effect of job on family satisfaction of Texas Extension agents. All 680 extension agents employed by Texas Cooperative Extension in March, 2003 were solicited for participation in the survey. Data were collected using a mail questionnaire following procedures outlined by Dillman (2000). A total of 556 responses (82%) were returned for analysis. A four point Likert scale was used to measure the seven questions of work and life satisfaction (1 = Dissatisfied, 2 = Less Satisfied, 3 = Satisfied, 4 = Very Satisfied). A five point Likert scale was used to measure the 24 questions of the effect of job on family (1 = Very Negatively, 2 = Negatively, 3 = Neutral, 4 = Positively, 5 = Very Positively). The final section of the survey included three open ended questions that allowed the researcher to collect data on their busiest time of the year, the most dissatisfying time of the year, and their recommendation to Texas Cooperative Extension to help improve the career of an extension agent. After analysis of all variables to the three hypothesis, it was found that gender does have an effect on the work satisfaction scale (.041), and the amount of time that an extension agent works per week (.043) and the salary that an extension agent earns (.019) does have an effect of job on family. These statistically significant (p>.05) relationships resulted in two of the three hypothesis being rejected. When asked the question of the busiest time of year, extension agents identified being busy all year round, followed by stock show/county show season, and 4-H related events. The most dissatisfying time of year was reported to be due to the replication of reports, 4-H related events, and stock show/county show season. The highest recommendation to Texas Cooperative Extension in improving the career was overwhelmingly the need for an "official and written" compensatory time and/or flex time policy. Other recommendations included streamlining programming efforts and not trying to be "everything to everybody", and the elimination of redundant reporting. Overall, Texas Cooperative Extension can be assured that its extension agents are pleased with most areas of their career, however, several areas of improvements have been identified that will improve the quality of life and help diminish the negative impacts on work and family. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Agricultural Education". |
| Physical Description: | xii, 204 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilm Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-97). |