The job burnout among agricultural extension supervisor s and its relationship with some variables in some governorates in Egypt.

Abstract: This study aims to identify the level of Job Burnout among extension supervisors and its relationship with some independent variables to deter-mine the contribution percentage of some independent variables which has significant correlation relationship which interpret the total difference of Job Burnout level for extension supervisors .
This study was carried out in: Quana, Sohag, Sharkia and Beheira Governorates. 125 extension supervisors were chosen as a random sam¬ple, which represented 39. 31 % of the population.
Data were collected using questionnaire with interview. Simple cor¬relation coefficient, multiple correlation and regression and percentages were the statistical analysis tools.
The main results showed that :
86. 40 % of respondents were with experience levels either high or moderate of Job Burnout and this indicated that Job Burnout among exten¬sion supervisors was relatively higher.
There was a positive significant relationship between the total degree of Job Burnout among extension supervisors and each of: work stress, or¬ganizational Loyalty, intention to leave Job and personality type and There was negative significant relationship between the total degree of Job Burnout among extension supervisors and each of: age, educational qualifying, period of working in extension, period of working in supervi¬sion, Job satisfaction and organizational climate. These seven independ¬ent variables contributed to interpret the 60. 62% of total differences in the Job Burnout degree among extension supervisors.
Publication year 2004
Pages 616-633
Availability location Agricultural Extension And Rural Development Research Institute Library – agricultural Research Center – 8, Cairo University St., - Egypt
Availability number 78
Organization Name
Country Egypt
City El-sharkia
Publisher Name: Agricultural Research Centre – Egypt
serial title Egyptain Journal of Agricultural Research
ISSN 1110-1571
Volume 19 . 7
Department Extension Organization and Training Research Department
Author(s) from ARC
Agris Categories Extension
Proposed Agrovoc Extension agents ;
Publication Type Journal