Satisfacción con el empleo de extensionista rural: un estudio cualitativo en Caldas, Colombia

As a contribution to the positioning of the rural extension as multidimensional object of study, we analyzed the assessments made by rural extension agents about situations inherent to their everyday experience of work, followed by the identification of factors of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Consistent with the qualitative nature of the study, the information was generated from semi-structured interviews with 23 rural extension agents affiliated to the Agency of Agricultural Technical Assistance (UMATA) in five municipalities of Caldas State, Colombia. The analysis identified eight f...