What Influences Agents to Pursue a Career in Extension?

Autor/inn/en	Arnold, Shannon; Place, Nick
Titel	What Influences Agents to Pursue a Career in Extension?
Quelle	In: Journal of Extension, 48 (2010) 1, (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1077-5315
Schlagwörter	Grounded Theory; Extension Agents; Extension Education; Influences; Career Development; Motivation; Interviews; Decision Making; Agricultural Education; Performance Factors; Occupational Surveys; Work Attitudes; Vocational Interests; Interest Inventories; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erweitertes Bildungsangebot; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Berufsentwicklung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Leistungsindikator; Berufsanalyse; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Berufsinteresse; Interest profile; Interessenprofil
Abstract	The qualitative study reported here explored why agricultural agents pursue an Extension career. A purposive sample was used to select twelve Florida agricultural agents. Interviews investigated positive and negative influences that affected agents' employment decisions. Grounded theory was used as the primary data analysis method (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). The selective categories most influential on agents' decisions to enter into Extension were: agent background, career contacts, service to agricultural community, nature of Extension work, position fit, and university-supported education. A grounded theory was developed to explain the findings. Results are useful for Extension to practice proactive agent recruitment. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Extension Journal, Inc. e-mail: joe-ed@joe.org; Web site: http://www.joe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10