TY - JOUR T1 - Perceptions of conservation compliance among farmers in a highly erodible area of Ohio JF - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation SP - 220 LP - 224 VL - 46 IS - 3 AU - Ted L. Napier AU - Anthony S. Napier Y1 - 1991/05/01 UR - http://www.jswconline.org/content/46/3/220.abstract N2 - Data were collected from 371 land owner-operators in five contiguous counties in central Ohio to assess attitudes toward conservation compliance. A theoretical perspective was developed from selected components of social exchange theory to guide the study. The theoretical model basically argues that landowners evaluate government programs in the context of personal costs that they expect to internalize. Results showed that the respondents were slightly favorable toward conservation compliance and that the theoretical perspective was useful for predicting attitudes toward the program being evaluated. Respondents who perceived that conservation compliance would benefit them tended to be more favorable toward the program. ER -