Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
NN Tale and MR Bhatt

Abstract:
The research study was carried out to know relationship between profile characteristics of Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ scientists and their role perception. Total 140 scientists were selected for the study from total thirty Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ of Gujarat state. The findings revealed that majority 67.14% of the Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ scientists had medium role perception, followed by 16.43% of low and high role perception respectively. This paper throws light on the profile characteristics of Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ scientists and their role perception. Findings revealed that the independent variables viz. age, education and innovativeness exhibited positively and significant relationship at five % level of significance. Whereas, service experience, source of information, training received, managerial ability, technical efficiency, communication ability, scientific orientation, group motivation, decision making ability and achievement orientation were highly significantly relationship with the role perception of scientists working at Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ at one % level of significance. Whereas stress management were non-significant ally related with role perception of Krishi Vigyan Kendras’ scientists, while social participation and cosmopoliteness found negatively non-significantly related with the role perception the of scientists working at Krishi Vigyan Kendras’.