Job Satisfaction and Extension Modalities Employed by the Extension Professionals in the Occidental Mindoro State College’s Extension Delivery Service
Mary Yole Apple Declaro-Ruedas *
Occidental Mindoro State College, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.
Merlita P. Dela Cruz
Occidental Mindoro State College, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The study was conducted to determine the extension modalities employed by the extension professionals, problems encountered in conducting extension service, and their job satisfaction in the extension delivery service.
The study employed descriptive research design. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) collection instrument was used. The respondents were purposively selected from the list of faculty and staff actively involved in extension service. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the gathered data.
Result shows the extension modalities were “sometimes” employed by the extension professionals during the conduct of extension activities.
Further, the “highly’ serious problem encountered were lack of extension worker's competencies, change in political leadership , lack of trainings in extension methods and communication skills, and too much academic work in addition to field work. However, they were “highly satisfied” with their extension work.
As the fulfilment of extension professionals in the academe, there is a need to revisit their job satisfaction that could also lead to an improved and effective delivery of extension.
The paper presents a model on job satisfaction that draws on experiences of extension professions that could be applied to early career and continuing professional development in the academe.
Keywords: Job satisfaction, competencies, extension, performance, ICT