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 derived from the total mean scores of the twelve questions on the "Serving on County

 Boards" section of the instrument given to active Farm Bureau members.

 There were a total of twenty-four independent variables that were considered for

 use as predictors in the multiple regression analysis, they included: motivation external

 self-concept (a factor derived from obtaining the mean of the six external self-concept

 statements on the Motivation Sources Inventory section of the instrument given to active

 Farm Bureau members), motivation internal self-concept factor (derived from the six

 internal self-concept statements on the Motivation Sources Inventory section), motivation

 intrinsic process (derived from the six intrinsic process statements on the Motivation

 Sources Inventory section), motivation instrumentation (derived from the six

 instrumentation statements on the Motivation Sources Inventory section), volunteering

 evaluative factor (derived from obtaining the mean of the four evaluative adjective pairs

 on the volunteer section of the instrument given to active Farm Bureau members),

 volunteering potency factor (derived from obtaining the mean of the four potency

 adjective pairs), volunteering activity factor (derived from obtaining the mean of the four

 activity adjective pairs, years of membership in Farm Bureau, family involvement in

 Farm Bureau, time devoted to Farm Bureau, Farm Bureau events attended in the past

 year, involved in other agricultural organizations, belong to other organizations, marital

 status, children, gender, age, member of 4-H, member of FFA, member of other youth

 development organizations, participated in leadership development programs, farm size,

 and work off the farm.

 These variables were chosen as they all represent important factors in the

literature that suggests why individuals volunteer to take on additional leadership roles