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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The study was conducted to study the profile characteristics of women managers and their association with decision making pattern. Eighty farm women who managed farms were identified in consultation with RSK field functionaries, thus forming sample of 80 farm women. The primary data was collected from farm women by using the schedule developed for the study. The results revealed that majority of farm women were found in middle age (71.25 %) group of 35 to 55 years,38.75 per cent of them studied up to high school and more number of respondents were married (63.75%) and majority of women belonged to nuclear family (77.50%), small family size (60.00 %),medium family income (75.50 %), medium farming experience(37.50 %), medium risk bearing ability (52.50 %), medium family support( 51.25 %), low extension contact (60.00 %), low mass media utilization (42.50 %) and significantly large proportion of respondents were found in low organization participation(87.50 %) and only few attended training (17.50 %) given under KMF.The correlation coefficient between independent variables and decision making pattern of the farm womenrevealed that age, education, family size and emotional stability were positively and significantly related to decision making of women managers at five per cent level of significance whereas farming experience, family support, risk bearing ability, extension contact, organization participation, mass media utilization, training participation were positively significant at one per cent level.