ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AND MANAGEMENT ORIENTATION OF SELF HELP GROUP MEMBERS IN AKOLA DISTRICT.
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2019-06-17
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Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, Maharashtra.
Abstract
The present study was conducted in Akola, Balapur and Telhara talukas of Akola District. Findings of the present study revealed that, age of the self help group members indicate the equally distributed young and middle aged women (45.84% and 45.00%), respectively. Higher number of women respondents (34.17%) found educated up to higher secondary school (10th to 12th standard). Over more than half of the respondents (54.16%) had medium level of experience in SHGs (6-10yrs). It was found that nearly one third of respondents (36.66%) possess marginal land holding (0.01 to 1.00 ha). More than two-fifth of the respondents (44.17%) had agriculture as a main occupation. Nearly fifty per cent (45.83%) of the respondents had annual income in between Rs1,00,001/- to Rs1,50,000/-. Regarding training 37.50 per cent of the respondents had two day duration of training. Over more than half of the respondents (53.34%) had medium level of social participation. Higher proportion of the respondents (62.50%) had exposure to medium category of sources of information. Maximum number of respondents (66.66%) had medium level of economic motivation and (63.33%) of the respondents had medium level of scientific orientation. With respect to achievement motivation and management orientation, 75.00 per cent and 68.33 per cent of respondents found in high and medium level of achievement motivation and management orientation.The relational analysis with respect to achievement motivation, revealed that, annual income, training received, sources of information, economic motivation and scientific orientation had positive and highly significant with achievement motivation at 0.01% level of probability. While education, experience in self help groups, family occupation and social participation had positive and highly significant with their achievement motivation at 0.05% level of probability. In case of Management orientation, it was observed that training received, sources of information, economic motivation and scientific orientation had positively highly significant with management orientation at 0.01% level of probability. While education, experience in self help groups, annual income, social participation had positively highly significant with their management orientation at 0.05% level of probability. Variables such as age, family occupation and land holding had shown non significant relationship with respect to management orientation. The major constraints faced by the self help group members were, lack of credit availability at low rates of interest, its adequacy and timely access (76.66%), managing time to spare for SHG activities from everyday household activities and daily regular routine (71.66%), non cooperation of family members (60.00%), absence of members in group meetings (54.16%), lack of update informational support on the latest technologies and techniques (44.16%), irregular payment of monthly contribution and untimely repayment of loan by group members (42.50%).
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The investigation was carried out at Akola, Balapur and Telhara talukas of Akola District. For the study of Achievement motivation and Management orientation of self help group members Ex-post facto research design was used. 120 respondents were selected randomly from three talukas constituting 40 from each taluka. The data was collected with the help of Interview Schedule. The study helps in further investigations on self help groups.
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Agricultural Extension, Development policies, Motivation, Planning, Social sciences, Rural communities, Training, Training courses, Vocational training, Social participation, Role of women, Social groups, Social Participation, Exhibitions, Training programmes, Government policies, Government schemes.
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BOLLEBOINA SHILPA (2019). Achievement Motivation and Management Orientation of Self Help Group Members in Akola District, Department of Extension Education, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola., M. Sc. 2019. Print. xvi, 100p. (Unpublished).