Author : Agus Purwoko

Summary : The study aimed at determining FEWs' achievement motivation and job performance of agricultural in Sukoharjo, Central Java, Indonesia. It also examined the relationships between selected factors such as individual, job, and work situation characteristics and achievement motivation and job performance. Respondents were 69 FEWs and four supervisors selected using census records. Data were gathered using questionnaires, and analyzed and interpreted with the use of measures of central tendency and Spearman's Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient. Most of the FEWs were male and about 34 years old. The majority of them were married, high school graduates, and had no previous experience in agricultural work before joining extension work. They had been working as field extension workers for an average period of 11 years and eight months. Their parents' warmth and encouragement, parents' dominance, and authoritarianism were low. However, their parents' standard of achievement was high. Their attitude towards job was low, but they had high aspirations such as success in work, position promotion and salary increases, happy family, high level of education and good job for their children, knowledgeability and participation in development for the community. Most of FEWs perceived their job as having high autonomy, task identity, and good feedback. Nevertheless, skill variety in their job was low. The quality of supervision and peer-group relationships were good. Most of FEWs served a large number of farmers, but they did not consider their work climate as problematic. They perceived the quality or quantity of service system from agricultural agencies as poor, however, they received more rewards over their work experience. Most of FEWs had a high level of achievement motivation, but they were considered to have a low level of job performance as rated by both supervisors and the FEWs themselves. There was a positive and significant association between FEWs acheivement motivation and their job performance.