Factors influencing managerial role of women and associated constraints

Abstract

A study was conducted to identify the factors influencing managerial role of women and constraints associatedwith it. Eighty farm women who managed farms were identified in consultation with Raith Sampark Kendra (RSK) fieldfunctionaries, thus forming sample of 80 farm women. The primary data was collected from farm women by using theschedule developed for the study. The correlation coefficient between independent variables and managerial role of the farmwomen revealed that education, family occupation, family support, risk bearing ability, extension contact, training participationand emotional stability were positively and significantly related to managerial role of farm women at 5 per cent level ofsignificance whereas farming experience was positively significant at one per cent level. Age was negatively significant at5 per cent level. The coefficient of determination (R²) was 0.521 which revealed that 52.10 per cent of variation inmanagerial role index of farm women was explained by the variables such as risk bearing ability, family occupation, farmingexperience, family support, extension contact, training participation and emotional stability. The major constraints expressedwere lack of opportunities to attend for meetings, exhibitions, demonstrations for getting knowledge (90.00 %), lack ofaccessibility of land (80.00 %), adverse climatic conditions(95.00 %) and high price fluctuation’ (86.25 %), respectively