Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between participatory management and employees’ productivity of Agricultural Extension Management. This research was carried out based on a descriptive-survey research method. The statistical society of this study comprised all staff of the Agricultural Extension Management of Ilam Province, Iran. A sample size of 37 staff was chosen with the help of census sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire developed from the research and theoretical literature of the interviews conducted with experts, and this tool was used to determine the validity of the panel of experts. To ensure the reliability of the study tools, 10 questionnaires were completed and Cronbach's alpha was used to calculate about 90% of the data obtained. Due to the nature of the data, correlation analysis technique in SPSS software was used to analyze them. The result of this study showed that there is a considerable meaningful relationship between the variables of participatory management and employees’ productivity of Agricultural Extension Management. The result of the multi regression analysis carried out in a stepwise style showed that variables such as increasing responsibility, increasing innovation, reduction of administration costs, and increasing efficiency were able to explain 99% variation of employees’ productivity of Agricultural Extension Management.

Key words: Participatory management, productivity, participation.