INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY AND EXTENSION WORKERS SOCIAL CAPITAL ON AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS PERFORMANCE IN KONAWE REGENCY
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https://doi.org/10.24246/agric.2025.v37.i1.p31-48Keywords:
Human Resource Capacity, Social Capital, Performance, Extension Workers, Agricultural ExtensionAbstract
This research aimed to analyzed : (1) the influence of human resource capacity on extension workers’ social capital; (2) the influence of human resource capacity on the performance of extension workers; and (3) the influence of social capital on the performance of instructors in agricultural extension in Konawe Regency. The sample for this
research is the entire population in the research, namely all agricultural instructors who are State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in Konawe Regency, totaling 113 people (sampling using the census method). This research uses exogenous variables and endogenous variables. The exogenous variables in this research are the human resource capacity and social capital of extension workers. The endogenous variable in this research is the performance of agricultural instructors. This research data analysis uses descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics to describe or describe the state of variables and inferential statistical analysis to analyze the influence or relationship between variables. The inferential statistical data analysis technique in this research uses Partial Least Square (PLS). PLS is a Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) equation model with an approach based on variance or component based structural equation modeling. The research results show that human resource capacity has a significant positive effect on the performance of agricultural instructors. Human resource capacity also has a significant positive effect on the social capital of agricultural instructors. The instructor’s social capital has a significant positive effect on the performance of agricultural instructors. The better the human resource capacity and social capital of the instructor, the better the performance of agricultural instructors in Konawe Regency.
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