Job satisfaction of field extension functionaries in northern hills zone of Chhattisgarh state

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess the extent of job satisfaction of field extension functionaries in extension service delivery in northern hills zone of Chhattisgarh state. to evaluate field extension functionaries' job satisfaction. Four blocks were purposefully chosen from each of the Northern Hills districts of Sarguja, Surajpur, and Jashpur in Chhattisgarh state, taking into account the largest number of field extension personnel posted in these regions. As a result, twelve blocks overall were taken into account for the study. The researcher made two periodic visits to the headquarters of each chosen block in order to attend the planned fortnightly meeting. For this study, all field extension functionaries who presented in their respective blocks in the chosen district for the planned fortnightly meeting were regarded as respondents. 240 field extension functionaries totaling selected for the study in that way. For the study, an ex-post-facto research design was used. T The collected data was analyzed, classified and tabulated. To evaluate results and make inferences, statistical methods including frequency, percentage, mean percent score, and class interval were applied. Among the 240 field extension functionaries the majority (60.42%) of the FEFs belonged to the medium job satisfaction category while 34.58 and 5 per cent of them belonged to the low and high job satisfaction categories respectively. The overall job satisfaction index was 62.45.