ABSTRACT
The identification of individual attitude dimensions thought to be conducive to modern administrative behavior, therefore, has accompanied similar efforts to define generally the “macro” cultural characteristics of industrial societies. The attitude sets associated with modern administrative behavior by Esman, Scott, and others provide a baseline against which the specific attitudes of administrators in developing nations can be compared. In fact, most studies of administrative attitudes in LDCs have involved such a comparison within a single nation. This chapter examines the attitudes of rice program officials along three of the most important attitude dimensions cited by the above authors and by scholars in the study of modernization generally. With respect to attitudes about interpersonal relations, the authors find a more complex pattern. Rice personnel in all programs tend to agree with the statements indicating authority consciousness. This tendency is particularly strong in Korea, Indonesia, and Thailand.
