The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service conducted a survey to determine if factors such as personal characteristics, organizational factors, career experiences, attributional processes, or sociodemographic factors related to the attitudes of Extension professionals toward women in management. A sample of 266 persons serving in professional capacities in the Extension service was questioned with a mailed survey of 48 questions using a five-point Likert-type scale; 231 usable surveys were returned (87 percent). Respondents ranged from below 30 to over 60 years of age, with the greatest percentage under 35. The typical respondent was male, under 35, with an agricultural degree, married, with no children. This typical respondent had participated in very few management training opportunities and had never been supervised by a woman. The study found that female Extension workers had more favorable attitudes toward women managers than did male workers. Older, married Extension professionals held more unfavorable attitudes than younger single professionals. Extension professionals with the highest education held more positive attitudes than those without advanced degrees. Extension personnel who had been supervised by women had more favorable attitudes than those who had not. In addition, Extension professionals who had participated in management training and managerial experiences held more unfavorable attitudes toward women managers. The study concluded that such attitudes could affect employee performance. It recommended more exposure of employees to women managers and evaluation of the results of the study for their implications for training programs. (KC)