2023, Vol. 8, Special Issue 6

The present study was conducted in Dharwad, Gadag, Belagavi, Haveri, Vijaypur, Bagalkot and Uttar Kannada districts of northern Karnataka. The total sample size for the study was 40 Block Technology Manger (BTMs). The Ex-post-facto research design was adopted for study. Findings of the study revealed that fifty percent of the BTMs belonged to young age group, studied post graduation (52.50%), had less than 5 years of total experience (52.50%), had participated one to two times of training (62.50%), belonged to medium organizational climate (55.00%), belonged to medium organizational commitment (47.50%), belonged to medium job involvement (60.00%), belonged to medium job satisfaction (57.50%), belonged to high job stress (52.50%), belonged to medium self confidence (42.50%) and 60.00 percent of BTMs belonged to medium job performance. Whereas, 42.50 percent of BTMs belonged to high perceived usefulness category followed by medium perceived usefulness category (40.00%) and low perceived usefulness category (17.50%). Among eleven independent variables education, total experience, training received, job involvement and job performance showed positive and significant relationship with perception of usefulness of ATMA by BTMs. All the eleven independent variables taken together explained 53.64 percent of the variation in the perception of usefulness of ATMA by BTMs.