Performance Effectiveness of Technical, Engineering and Consulting in Companies Agriculture Field and its Influencing Factors in Divandarreh County

The main purpose of this research was to investigate the performance effectiveness of technical engineering and consulting companies in agriculture and the factors which influence them. The population of this study consisted all active members of advisory services in Divandarreh County. Using Cochran's sampling formula, 60 people were selected as the sample. To increase the findings’ reliability, with proportionally random sampling method, 84 questionnaires were distributed, and finally 72 questionnaires were completed. To collect the data a questionnaire was used which its validity confirmed by a panel of experts and its reliability verified by calculating Chronbach's alpha coefficient (α>0.7). Data were analyaed by SPSS18 software. Results showed that the studied companies had pleasant performance and been somewhat successful in providing services for farmers, while their performance varies in different parts. Also, in the case of their performance priority, the results showed that Andisheh-Sabz Arbaba and Arbaba companies had appropriate performance compared to other service companies, while Paeezan-Gostar and Laleh-Gostar companies had low performance in comparison with other companies. In addition, the results of the regression analysis revealed that the variables such as members’ job satisfaction, support from the government, the members combination with regard to majors, job security and members trust to each other had a strong impact on the prediction of each members performance, so that these variables explained 54.2 percent of the variance of the dependent variable (performance).