TY  - BOOK
AU  - Uma V 
AU  - Jiji R S (Guide)
TI  - Organisational behaviour of farm workers as antecedent to the performance of pigs in organized farms
U1  - 636.007 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Mannuthy
PB  - Department of Extension, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
N2  - The objective of the investigation was to study the relationship between 
organizational behaviour factors of farm workers and production performance 
parameters of pigs. The nine organized pig farms; seven under Kerala Animal 
Husbandry Department and the farms of Kerala Livestock Development Board and 
Kerala Agricultural University were the locale of the study. A total of 61 farm 
workers who actually involved with the animals on a daily basis and having a 
working experience of at least six months were the respondents. The data regarding 
the organizational behaviour factors viz. attitude towards the job, knowledge of pig 
keeping, skill in pig keeping and job satisfaction were collected from the respondents 
using structured interview schedule. Job performance and absenteeism were assessed 
through supervisory rating. The data on production parameters were collected from 
farm records. 
About two-third of the respondents were in the medium category for all the 
organizational behaviour factors. The respondents were satisfied the most with the 
job aspect 'opportunity for team work' and dissatisfied the most with 'scope to prove 
merit and excellence'. 
Intercorrelations of organizational behaviour factors were worked out using 
Kendall's tau-b rank order correlation. Significant positive correlations were 
observed between knowledge and skill; astitude and job satisfaction; knowledge and 
job satisfaction; knowledge and job performance and skill and job performance. 
Absenteeism had significant negative correlations with both job satisfaction and job 
performance. 
The relationship of organizational behaviour factors with production 
parameters was worked out using Spearman's rank order correlation. A significant 
negative correlation was found between attitude towards job and stillbirth per litter. 
Farm workers' knowledge and skill had significant negative correlations with 
 
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preweaning mortality. Skill had significant positive correlation with conception rate. 
Job satisfaction had significant negative correlations with weaning weight and weight 
gain of piglets. Absenteeism had significant positive correlations with preweaning 
mortality and mortality. 


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