The Influence of Organizational Factors on Individual Productivity of Agricultural Extension Experts

The main purpose of this study was to investigate the organizational factors that affecting agricultural extension expertʹ individual productivity. A survey of 88 extension experts was conducted in Hamadan Province of Iran. Individual productivity was measured with a self-evaluation questionnaire. The study found that the majority of the extension experts (65.9%) belonged to high level of individual productivity, followed by 28.4 and 5.7% belonging to intermediate and low level of individual productivity, respectively. Regression results also indicated that the full model was moderately successful, explaining 38.4% of the variances in the individual productivity. Two independent variables that accounted for the explained variances were organizational support and participation in management. Administration should conduct a periodic needs assessment to determine the level of individual productivity of Extension expertsʹ and identify methods for increasing individual productivity based on these findings.