The Interaction between Leadership, Climate, and Satisfaction in a Professional Organization

Abstract

A study was performed investigating the correlation between leadership style, organizational climate, and employee satisfaction. The sample was civil service employees of a Naval Facilities Engineering Command field division. Measurements of leadership style, organizational climate, and employee satisfaction were compiled from a modification of a questionnaire developed by Taylor and Bowers. Statistical findings supported the hypotheses that high supervisor concern for both 'task' and 'relationship' would correspond to high employee satisfaction and highly favorable employee perceptions of organizational climate; and low supervisor concern for both 'task' and 'relationship' would correspond with low employee satisfaction and unfavorable perceptions of organizational climate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA004292

Entities

People

  • James P. Watson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Descriptive Analytics
  • Engineers
  • Factor Analysis
  • Group Dynamics
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Leadership
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistics

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.