HUBUNGAN ETOS KERJA, MOTIVASI DAN SIKAP INOVATIF DENGAN PENDAPATAN PETERNAK KERBAU DI KABUPATEN MANGGARAI BARAT

• Main Authors: , Nasrudin, SPt, , Endang Sulastri, S.Pt., M.A., Ph.D.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2011
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/88378/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=50215
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

The purposes of study was aimed to know the work ethics, motivations and innovative attitudes and its correlation with income of buffalo farmers in West Manggarai Regency. The research was conducted in December 2009 until February 2010, involving 103 respondents chosen based on certain criteria. The relationship between work ethics, motivations and innovative attitude with the farmers income, was analyzed using the chi-square, they are found to have a significant correlation, and then continued by Phi test. The results of this research showed that buffalo farmers in Lembor Subdistrict, West Manggarai regency, has a high working ethics, high farming motivations and a positive innovative attitude. The work ethics and innovative attitudes were not related to the income of buffalo farmers. The Breeding motivations has significantly correlated to income of buffalo breeder�s (X2 count 14,934 > 3,84 X2 table), which means, the higher breeding motivations, would bring effect to a higher income. The relationship between the variable of breeding motivations and the breeder�s income shows a medium (Phi coefficient = 0,381). The average income of respondents per livestock unit was Rp. 756.944 ± 221.542/year, while the average contribution from buffalo breeding activities for the household income, was 31,2%. This research implicated, that work ethics, and innovative attitudes, cannot be used to predict the farmers income, while breeding motivations, plays the role as a variable reliable to predict the farmers income.