interviews with state officials and was divided into the same four theme areas.

 Respondents were asked to rate the importance and their proficiency in each competency.

 The overall means for each section were compared, the means of the importance

 sections are greater than the means for the proficiency sections. The largest "gap"

 between importance and proficiency occurred in the political process section, with

 importance rated 5.5 and proficiency 4.7.

 Objective Four

 Objective four attempted to determine leadership attitude, will, and desire of

 active Florida Farm Bureau members. The survey questionnaire given to active members

 was divided into three sections to address the three components of this objective, the

 survey respondents' attitude, will, and desire. A semantic differential scale was

 developed and included to measure the attitudes that active members have towards

 volunteering. A Likert-type scale measured the will that active members possess in

 regards toward serving on their local county Farm Bureau boards. The third section of

 this survey questionnaire attempted to quantify the motivations of individuals and

 provide a measurement of the desire respondents have towards volunteering using a

 motivation sources inventory.

 From the three parts of this questionnaire, it was found that respondents were

motivated by internal self-concept factors. These are factors which make up the basis of

an individual's ideal self and drives them to take action. Respondents had a positive

attitude towards volunteering when they ranked those volunteer opportunities high on an

evaluative scale. They final part of this survey, the section on "Serving on County

Boards" found that individuals ranked "I am satisfied with the Farm Bureau organization