Hubungan Komitmen Organisasi dan Kepuasan Kerja Petani sebagai Fasilitator Pembelajaran di Pusat Pelatihan Pertanian dan Perdesaan Swadaya (P4S) Jawa Barat

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ABSTRACT
Correlation between Organization Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Farmers as Active Learning
Facilitators in Farmers‟ Agriculture and Rural Training Centre (FARTC), West Java
The objective of the reaserach was to describe farmers‟ characteristics as facilitators and to analyze
the correlation of organization commitment and job satisfaction of farmers as facilitators in learning
activities at Farmers‟ Agriculture and Rural Training Centre (FARTC). The kind of research was
survey that 140 farmers as facilitators in FARTCs located in 17 districs in West Java Province
involved. 89% farmers as facilitators are male; 42,14% of them are 32 – 43 years old; 42,14% of
them are high schools as their educational background; 74,27% of them have experiences in
farming activities; 84,29% of them have experiences as facilitators during 0 – 10 years. This study
applied the quantitave method namely the correlation analyze. The result of correlation analyzes
shows that the organizational commitment has a positive correlation with job satisfaction of
farmers as facilitators significantly (ρ < 0.01). The research results recommend that the
management team of P4S and local government officers to maintain and increase the organizational
commitment and job satisfaction of farmers as facilitators simultaneously to achieve the
effectiveness of FARTCs.
Keywords: Organization commitment, job satisfaction, farmer facilitator
ABSTRAK
Tujuan penelitian adalah mendeskripsikan karakteristik petani fasilitator dan menganalisis
hubungan komitmen dan kepuasan kerja petani fasilitator pembelajaran di Pusat Pelatihan
Pertanian dan Perdesaan Swadaya (P4S). Jenis penelitian adalah survei dengan melibatkan 140
orang petani fasilitator P4S di 17 kabupaten di Jawa Barat. Penelitian menerapkan metode
kuantitatif korelasional. Karakteristik petani fasilitator P4S di Jawa Barat diantaranya adalah 89%
laki-laki, 40% berusia antara 32-43 tahun, 42,14% berlatar belakang pendidikan formal SLTA/SMK,
74,27% memiliki pengalaman berusahatani 0-20 tahun, dan 84,29% menjadi fasilitator 0-10 tahun.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa komitmen dan kepuasan kerja petani fasilitator memiliki
hubungan yang signifikan pada taraf signifikansi 0,01. Disarankan baik untuk pengurus internal
P4S dan instansi pemerintah sebagai pembina untuk mempertahankan dan meningkatkan
komitmen organisasi dan kepuasan kerja petani fasilitator secara simultan dari waktu ke waktu
guna mewujudkan P4S yang efektif.
Kata Kunci: Komitmen organisasi, kepuasan kerja, petani fasilitator