Leadership Skills of The Agricultural Extension Agents in El-Behira Governorate

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1 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria.

2 Institute for Agricultural Extension Research and Rural Development, Center for Agricultural Research.

3 Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Alexandria

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The main target of this study was studying the leadership skills of agricultural extension agents in El-Beheira governorate. Research data were collected by using personal questionnaire, the sample was 141 agricultural extension agents which represent more than 50% of population. Frequency, percentages, mean, standard deviation, Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression coefficients by using computer and the analytical program SPSS.
Below are the most important results of the research:
66.7% of the respondents are medium and low in leadership skills, Significant correlation was determined between the leadership skills and 5 of independent variables which are training, the number of agricultural information, achievement motivation, the degree of risk and the degree or self-trust. And concerning multiple regressions the results indicate that the eight independent variables are responsible for the explanation of 31.9% of the possible total variance in the dependent variable and the regression function are significant at probability level 0.01. 

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