The Effect of Organizational Environment on Perceived Power and Climate: A Laboratory Study.
Abstract
Behavior in organizations was conceptualized to be based on self-perceived power and perceived organizational climate. Power and climate perceptions were investigated as a function of three dimensions of organization environment. Five dimensions of power and 4 dimensions of climate were assessed as dependent variables. Climate and power perceptions were not strongly related to each other. Level of participation is the main contributor to self-perceived power both as a main effect and in interaction with profit/service orientation and position level. Profit/service orientation is the main contributor to climate perceptions, generally in interaction with one or the other of the environmental variable but also as a main effect. Two strong findings were that participative decision-making seems to result in decreased self-perceived power for occupants of higher positions and that a service orientation combined with participative decision-making leads to positive climate perceptions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0752051
Entities
People
- Benjamin Schneider
- Duncan L. Dieterly
Organizations
- University of Maryland