Equal Opportunity Climate Strength as a Moderator of Climate-Outcome Relationships
Abstract
The concept of climate, as it has been studied in organizational settings, has been considered as both an individual-level (psychological climate) and group-level (organizational climate) construct (Dickson, Resick, and Hanges, 2006)This multi-level focus has led to a growing body of literature aimed at investigating issues surrounding within-group variability in individual climate perceptions (e.g., Dickson et al., 2006; Schneider, Salvaggio, and Subirats, 2002).One variable of import that has been the focus of several such investigations is climate strength, which has been defined as the degree to which individuals within a group share similar climate perceptions (Dickson et al., 2006; Schneider et al., 2002).While climate strength has been investigated as a moderator of relationships between several specific forms of climate (e.g., innovation climate, justice climate) and relevant outcome variables (e.g., satisfaction, commitment, burnout, etc.), several distinct manifestations of climate remain uninvestigated. The current study set out to focus on climate strength for perceptions of equal opportunity climate(Dansby and Landis, 1991) in a sample of US Navy units. While EO climate has been linked to outcome variables such as commitment and satisfaction at the individual-level, these relationships have yet to be investigated thoroughly at the unit-level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2008
- Accession Number
- AD1050145
Entities
People
- Daniel P. Mcdonald
- Loring J. Crepeau
- Marinus Van Driel
- Mitchell H Peterson
Organizations
- Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute