Impact of good governance perception towards the work lifeo fAgricultureProfessional

Abstract

Good Governance [GG] practices in the public sector organizations ensure effective service deliverysystem. Therefore, an effort was made to understand the GG practices followed by the officers in Sri Lanka. Agriculture Service [SLAgS), one of the maior technical department in Sri Lanka. The officers in the SLAgS are basically ctassified as research officers (ROs), agriculture officers [AOs), Lectures [LCs] and Subject Matter Specialisrs [SMSs]. Recenrly these tittles have been changed as Assistant Directors of Agriculture [ADA). There job involvement is significant toward the development of the agriculture sector in the country. This study therefore attempts to recognize how good governance perception influence to the work life of Agriculture professionals working in the Department of Agriculture(DoA) Pre- tested questionnaire was used to collect the data from randomly selected 138 all categories of officers. The study revealed that 31% ROs'27o/o AOs' and 9o/oLCs considered GG only as a favourable. On the contrary, a few Ros, Aos and LCs considered GG as unfavourable. Most importantly, result of the study showed that there was a significant relationship of iob satisfaction and other job related variables with GG perception of agriculture Professionals.