Psychological and Organizational Climate: Dimensions and Relationships.

Abstract

The present study represented an attempt to develop a comprehensive measure of psychological climate and to investigate the appropriateness of aggregating psychological climate scores to describe subunit or organizational climate. Analyses indicated that: (a) five of six psychological climate dimensions found for 4,315 U.S. Navy enlisted men were generalizable to comparison samples of firemen (n = 398) and health care managers (n = 504); (b) aggregating psychological climate scores to describe subunit climates was appropriate for homogeneous subunits (e.g., divisions); (c) subunit climates were significantly related to division context, structure, and personnel composition, while psychological climate appeared more related to individual resources and position variables; and (d) subunit climate, structure, context, and personnel composition measures were significant predictors of division performance criteria.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 11, 1977
Accession Number
ADA038352

Entities

People

  • Allan P. Jones
  • Lawrence R. James

Organizations

  • Texas Christian University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Health Care
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personality
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

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  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.