Relationship between Agricultural Extension Expert's Job Performance and Organizational Commitment

Human resources are considered as the most important asset in organizational development. Study and understanding of organizational factors influencing job performance of employees are critical management plans in macro-scale because recruiting, educating, training and retaining employees are planned and implemented by human resources management as a result of considering the organizational factors. The main purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between extension experts’ job performance and organizational commitment in Kerman province, Iran. Statistical population of the study included agricultural extension experts working in the agricultural sector in Kerman province. A sample of 123 experts from target population was determined by using Morgan’s Table. Sampling method was proportional stratified random sampling method. This study was survey research type and questionnaire was provided to collect data. Questionnaire validation was verified by a group of experts. A pilot study with 30 questionnaires was conducted to determine the reliability of research instrument, and Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability (CR) were suitable to do the study. To analyze data, SPSSwin20 and LISREL8.5 were used. Results of structural equation modeling (SEM) showed that organizational commitment with 0.63 path coefficient and t=5.17 had positive significant influence on extension experts’ job performance. Also, organizational commitment explained 39% of extension experts’ job performance variance.