A regional view of extension employee perceptions of scholarship in the workplace

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2009

Abstract

We surveyed U.S. Extension professionals on their employment experiences and personal perceptions about scholarship and compared them to the more easily defined service employment element. Further, we segmented the results by U.S. census region to identify similarities and differences among regions. Results indicate that, overall, respondents receive more satisfaction from service and believe that it is more important than scholarship in their jobs. Conversely, they believe that scholarship is more important to their institutions and that they are rewarded more for exhibiting scholarship. Finally, respondents do not believe that their host institutions have adequately defined scholarship, which creates confusion. © Copyright by Extension Journal, Inc.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Extension

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