Job Satisfaction of Tobacco Extension Agents Based on Motivational and Environmental Factors in Mazandaran and Golestan Provinces, Iran

Optimal management of human resources by establishing job satisfaction causes the elevation of organization productivity. This study aimed to structural equation modeling of tobacco extension agents’ job satisfaction by motivational and environmental factors. The statistical population of this research consisted of 46 tobacco extension agents in Mazandaran and Golestan Provinces. The data collection tool was a questionnaire that its validity was confirmed by a panel of experts, and its reliability was measured through composite reliability (CR) ranging from 0.82 to 0.96. The findings showed that 9% of the agricultural extension agents job satisfaction was at very high, 22.7% was at high, 38.6% was at medium, 20.5% was at low and 9% was at very low level. The most effective factor on extension agents job satisfaction was the environmental factor with path coefficient of 0.53 explaining 0.58 % of changes related to extension agents’ job satisfaction. Motivational factor also affected with path coefficient of 0.35 on extension agents job satisfaction. Also environmental factor affected on motivational factor with path coefficient of 0.47.