AKINSOROTAN A.O., OLADELE O.I
Abstract
This study determined the organizational values perceived as evident among personnel in Oyo and Ogun States’
Agricultural Development Programmes (ADPs) in Nigeria. Simple random sampling was used to select 93 extension
agents (70% of the population) from the two states’ ADPs. The study investigated the organizational values
according to the levels of perceived “extremely evident” and “extremely valued”. About 40% of the respondents
were above 50 years. There were more male than female extension agents. Most of the respondents (89.1%) were
married, 90 percent had working experience of not less than 6 years, 51% had higher diploma and university
degrees in agriculture. The top five values perceived as “extremely evident” were: research extension linkage
(64.1%), their role in bringing about change in people’s lives (54.3%), loyalty to the organization (47.3%), and
extension programmes that help solve problems (46.3%), and honesty/integrity in their work (45.7%). Multiple
regression analysis shows that there was relationship between personal characteristics of the extension agents and
their perception of organizational values, while age of the respondents is the most important predictor of
organizational values perceived as evident. The findings provided direction for Oyo and Ogun States’ ADPs to
develop strong organizational values and target values not being expressed in their work environment.
Key words:
perceived organizational values, agricultural development programme, extremely valued, extremely evident