Job satisfaction and job autonomy of extension personnel of the public agricultural extension organization in Tripura state of North-East India

Progress of any organization greatly depends on job satisfaction and job autonomy of the employees in the organization. Job satisfaction and job autonomy are the two important indicators of a successful organization. The study was conducted in all four districts of Tripura state of North-East India and from all districts the extension personnel were selected randomly. As per the objective of the study, the information was collected using structured interview schedule. The results of the study indicated that more than half proportion of the AOs (53.13 per cent) were less satisfied with the job, whereas, less than half of the VLWs (43.75 per cent) were highly satisfied with the job. Most of the AOs were satisfied with the job satisfaction aspects such as; type of work done by them (rank I); help, guidance and encouragement from supervisor (rank II); whereas, most of the VLWs were satisfied with job security (rank I), status and prestige as a person in the department (rank II). Two-fifth of the AOs (40.63 per cent) had low level of job autonomy; whereas, slightly less than two-fifth (37.50 per cent) of the VLWs had high level of job autonomy. Both the AOs and VLWs expressed that they had lot of their say over what happens on their job (first rank) and they had enough freedom to how to do their work (second rank).