Farmers with only a grade school education achieved the highest proportional increase in comprehension of financial statements and financial planning. Impact value in proportion to gross income was highest among this group. Those with a college education and more frequent participation in other Extension meetings achieved the highest dollar value of impact and were more satisfied with workshop participation. The study examined the ranked importance of motivational factors of employees at The Ohio State University's Piketon Research and Extension Center and Enterprise Center. The hand-delivered descriptive survey addressed ten motivating factors in the context of employee motivation theory.
Findings suggest interesting work and good pay are key to higher employee motivation.
Carefully designed reward systems that include job enlargement, job enrichment, promotions, internal and external stipends, monetary, and non-monetary compensation should be considered. Since 1988, the Cooperative Extension Service has devoted significant resources to helping improve the quality of school-age care programs. The results were mixed. Principals, teachers, and parents indicated few significant changes in the behavior of youth involved in the school-age care programs. However, school-age care staff indicated several academic and social behavioral changes in the youth.