The Perceived Environment: Organizational Climate

Abstract

Organizational climate is described as a conception people have of their organizations. Like all concepts, climate is based on cues and events; climate itself is the abstraction of the cues and events. Climate is distinguished from satisfaction in terms of attitude theory: climate is belief, satisfaction is value. A framework for conceptualizing climate is presented. Implications of the framework for questionnaire design, unit of analysis to be employed in climate studies, organizational development and change, and use of climate as a predictor or moderator variable are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0762598

Entities

People

  • Benjamin Schneider

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Concept Formation
  • Environment
  • Industrial Psychology
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Literature
  • Maryland
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Questionnaires
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

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