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EFFECTS OF PERSONAL AND SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON ATTITUDE OF RESEARCH AND EXTENSION PERSONNEL TOWARDS R-E LINKAGES IN YEMEN

Khalil M. S. Alsharjabi , P. Venkata Ramaiah , and M. Sudarshan Reddy
Summary

A scale to measure attitude of research and extension personnel towards R-E linkages was especially developed for this study using the “Likert's Summated Rating” technique. The total scores of each respondent on the attitude scale were used to categorize respondents. The “Pearson Product Moment Correlation” (r) was used to find out association between independent variables and attitude. The “Multiple Linear Regression” was also calculated to find out contribution made by independent variables towards the attitude of research and extension personnel towards R-E linkages. Majority of extensionists and researchers were found to have unfavorable attitude. Additionally, though a number of variables have shown significant and positive correlation with attitude of respondents, “significant partial regression coefficients” reveals that extensionists’ “attitude” was influenced by only two variables, namely; “job satisfaction“ and “satisfaction with resources and facilities”. The same holds true for the “whole sample”. None of the independent variables made a significant contribution towards researchers’ “Attitude”. The multiple regression analysis carried out for the data indicates that, out of the Fourteen variables, only two variables have shown positive and significant influence on the attitude of ‘all respondents’ or pooled sample, namely; “job satisfaction” and “satisfaction with resources and facilities”. Same two variables have made positive and significant contribution towards “attitude” of extensionists’ sub-group. Accordingly, characteristics of respondents influencing their attitude need to be seriously considered by respective concerned authorities with which respondents are affiliated.

Key Words :Persond attributs Attibales - Coordination - Extension

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