Communication and leadership effectiveness of supervisors of ICDS scheme in Hisar district
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2023-05
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CCSHAU, Hisar
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A study on, ―Communication and Leadership Effectiveness of Supervisors of ICDS Scheme in Hisar District‖ was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. The present study was conducted to investigate the communication pattern and leadership effectiveness of ICDS supervisors of Hisar district. For the present investigation, three type of respondents were selected under present study i.e. Supervisors, Anganwadi workers and rural women. To study the communication pattern and leadership effectiveness of ICDS supervisors, a sample of 6 supervisors, 30 anganwadi workers and 120 rural women constitute the final sample of the study.
Most of the supervisors were from upper middle age group i.e. 47-56 years, were from general caste. Majority of them were graduate having joint families of large size. In case of Anganwadi workers, majority of them were from lower middle age group i.e. 38-47 years, matriculate from general caste having nuclear families of medium size. Family occupation of majority of the supervisors was Government service having 12-18 years of experience. While 53.3 percent of Anganwadi workers were having 12-18 years of experience with annual income between 4 to 6 lakh. While in case of rural women 60 percent were from younger age group i.e. 20-28 years, 45.0 percent were from scheduled caste, 35.0 percent were matriculated. Most of them were married having joint families of medium size. Maximum numbers of supervisors were having medium level of print and high level of electronic media utilization while 53.3 percent anganwadi workers were having medium level of print media and high level of electronic media utilization. Print media utilization of 42.5 percent rural women was of low level while 45.8 percent were having medium level of electronic media utilization. Maximum number of supervisors (66.7%) and 50 percent anganwadi workers attended 19-24 trainings on different aspects during the last five years of their job. A total of 50 percent of supervisors organized 17-22 trainings for anganwadi workers while 60 percent anganwadi workers organized 11-16 trainings for rural women. This study concluded that ICDS Supervisors communication pattern was of medium level and leadership effectiveness level was high and all variables significantly correlate with each other. Medium level of Communication effectiveness of supervisors was reported followed by high level effectiveness by Anganwadi workers while low level by rural women. The overall communication behaviour including information input, information processing and information output behaviour of majority of supervisors were in medium level category. Leadership effectiveness was seen in terms of leadership effectiveness index, proper work enforcement and job performance of supervisors and leadership effectiveness. Leadership effectiveness index was worked out which was recorded 86.33 percent by supervisors and 83.33 percent by Anganwadi workers. Most of the supervisors had favorable attitude towards leadership. The supervisor‘s opinion about leadership effectiveness had positively significant correlation with communication pattern. Age, education, annual income, training and experience of supervisors were significantly correlation with communication pattern and leadership effectiveness.