Tujuan studi adalah untuk menganalisa hubungan antara etos kerja, motivasi keberhasilan dan sikap inovatif serta produktivitas
petani individual atau secara bersama-sama. Penelitian dilakukan di Kuningan, Jawa Barat, tahun 1999 dengan 60
responden yang dipilih secara acak. Hasil studi menunjukkan terdapat korelasi positif: (1) Etos kerja dan produktivitas
petani (2) motivasi keberhasilan dan produktivitas petani. (3) Sikap inovatif dan produktivitas petani, secara bersama-sama,
terdapat hubungan positif antara etos kerja, motivasi keberhasilan dan sikap inovatif, dengan produktivitas petani. Riset
ini memiliki implikasi bahwa etos kerja, motivasi, keberhasilan, dan sikap inovatif dapatdigunakan untuk memperkirakan
produktivitas petani.
The objective of the study is to analyze rela tionships between work ethos, achieve-ment of motivation and attitude of
innovation and productivity of the farmer individually as well as simultaneusly. The study was carried out at Kuningan
West Java (1999) with 60 respon dents selected randomly. The study reveald that there is positive correlation between : (1)
Work ethos and pro duc tivity of the farmers (2) achievement of motivation and pro ductivity of the farmers (3) attitude
of innovative and productivity of the farmers. Together, there is positive relationship between work ethos, achievement of
motivation and attitude of innovative with productivity of the farmers. The research implies that work ethos, achievement
of motivation and attitude of innovative useful to predict the productivity of the farmers.