While organizations benefit from lower operating costs resulting higher quality and quantity of work when employees are engaged in their work, (Risher, 2018). This study used the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Schuafeli & Bakker, 2004) to uncover engagement levels county extension agents at one University. Findings suggest Extension report Florida reported possessing high self-perceived eng...

This research aims to determine the degree of knowledge needed by agricultural extension agents researching biological control some diseases and pests potato crop in governorates Egypt. As well as determining differences between studied concerning their for crop. Moreover, relationship total on each following independent variables: age, educational qualification, specialization, work period Min...

This paper studies how to extend the concept of active object into a structure of agent. It rst discusses the requirements for autonomous agents that are not covered by simple active objects. We propose then the extension of the single behavior of an active object into a set of behaviors with a meta-behavior scheduling their activities. To make a concrete proposal based on these ideas we descri...

What factors are relevant in determining why agents remain employed in Extension? This article discusses the implications of maintenance and motivation factors on Extension agent turnover. It describes motivator and maintenance factors affecting job satisfaction and dissatisfaction, and their influence on agent turnover. Professional associations offer agents the motivation factors discussed in...

More than 50 agents participated in a series of workshops that were offered as inservice training and as a graduate level North Carolina State University (NCSU) course worth four credits. The Organic Unit at the Center for Environmental Farming Systems (CEFS), a 100acre (40-ha) facility dedicated to research and education in organic farming systems, served as a home base for training activities...

In 2006, Cooperative Extension launched an online information source known as eXtension. Perceptions of eXtension’s characteristics, and potential barriers to adoption, are likely to influence an extension agent’s decision to adopt eXtension. An online survey instrument was used to collect information related to the adoption of eXtension by Texas Cooperative Extension county extension agents. T...