Understanding the Impact of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, and Social Capital on the Job Performance of Farmers in Honduras: a Mixed Methods Study
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Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 4-11-2020 Understanding the Impact of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, and Social Capital on the Job Performance of Farmers in Honduras: A Mixed Methods Study Susan Lale Karimiha Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Development Studies Commons, Economic Policy Commons, Food Security Commons, Human Factors Psychology Commons, Labor Economics Commons, Latin American Studies Commons, Leadership Studies Commons, Other Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, Peace and Conflict Studies Commons, Rural Sociology Commons, Social Policy Commons, and the Social Psychology Commons Recommended Citation Karimiha, Susan Lale, "Understanding the Impact of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, and Social Capital on the Job Performance of Farmers in Honduras: A Mixed Methods Study" (2020). 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UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT, WORKPLACE MOTIVATION, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE OF FARMERS IN HONDURAS: A MIXED METHODS STUDY A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The School of Leadership and Human Resource Development by Susan Lale Karimiha B.A, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008 B.A, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2008 M.S., Louisiana State University, 2012 May 2020 ©Copyright 2020 Susan Lale Karimiha All Rights Reserved ii To farmers, this work is affectionally dedicated to you. Despite the challenging nature of your work, you feed and provide fuel and fiber for the people of the world. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, this accomplishment would not be possible without the support of my committee chair, Dr. Sunyoung Park. Your patience, mentoring, continued trust, and guidance throughout my doctoral program taught me how to be a better scholar. Your never-ending support allowed me to reach this great academic finish line. I was also fortunate to have as my committee members, Dr. Petra A. Robinson, Dr. Sonja Wiley, and Dr. Tao Jin. Your patience and guidance were critical to the successful completion of my dissertation. Thank you also to Jeffrey Shane Portier, for your great administrative work in supporting my efforts to finish my dissertation. Additionally, I would like to wholeheartedly thank the faculty, staff, and students of the National Agriculture University of Honduras for your assistance and support with my data collection. I also have a great deal of appreciation for all the farmers in Olancho, Honduras who shared their experiences with me and enabled me to conduct research with them. I would also like to thank my colleagues and friends, especially Dr. David Picha, Dr. Cristina Cossich, Dr. Rose Baker, and Dr. Jeantyl Norze. Finally, I would like to thank my family, especially my mom and dad, Afsar Aslanha and Hamid Karimiha, for providing the unwavering support and empowerment I needed to flourish academically and personally. And to my grandmother, Marziyeh Aslan-Ghazvini, thank you for always encouraging me to pursue the highest education possible and for believing in me. I also appreciate the support of my brother, my aunts, uncles, and my cousins. I would also like to thank my lovely husband, Richard Russo for his unwavering support, love, and patience and for being a constant source of encouragement. Without my family’s love, trust and support, I could not have reached this far in my academic journey. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................ IV LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................................... VII LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... VIII ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. IX CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 Problem Statement ...................................................................................................................... 2 Context of Rural Farmers in Honduras ....................................................................................... 4 Why Study Farmers and Farmers in Honduras? ......................................................................... 8 Purpose of the Study and Research Questions .......................................................................... 11 Significance and Contribution of the Study .............................................................................. 12 Definition of Terms ................................................................................................................... 14 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 16 CHAPTER 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................................................ 18 Theoretical Framework ............................................................................................................. 18 Job Performance ........................................................................................................................ 21 Factors Influencing Job Performance ........................................................................................ 36 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 57 CHAPTER 3. METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................ 59 Research Design ........................................................................................................................ 59 Population and Sample .............................................................................................................. 60 Instrumentation.......................................................................................................................... 69 Data Collection .......................................................................................................................... 76 Data Analysis ............................................................................................................................ 77 Summary ................................................................................................................................... 83 CHAPTER 4. RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 84 Quantitative Results .................................................................................................................. 84 Qualitative Findings .................................................................................................................. 94 Combined Findings ................................................................................................................. 106 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 113 CHAPTER 5. SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, RECOMMENDATIONS .................................... 114 Summary of the Study ............................................................................................................. 114 Discussion ............................................................................................................................... 119 Implications ............................................................................................................................. 131 Delimitations and Limitations of the Study ............................................................................ 136 Recommendations for Future Research .................................................................................. 138 v APPENDIX A. SURVEY INSTRUMENT ................................................................................ 141 APPENDIX B. INTERVIEW AND FOCUS GROUP QUESTIONS........................................ 151 APPENDIX C. HONDURAS NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD LETTER ..................... 155 APPENDIX D. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVAL LETTERS ............................................................................................................. 156 APPENDIX E. PARTICIPANT CONSENT FORMS ............................................................... 158 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 163 VITA ........................................................................................................................................... 186 vi LIST OF TABLES