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. Theoretical assumptions underlying the two constructs were reviewed and relationships with various situational, positional, and individual variables were posited as indices of construct validity. 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 appeared appropriate only 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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 16, 1977
Accession Number
ADA042360

Entities

People

  • Alan P. Jones
  • Chris W. Hornick
  • John R. Bruni
  • Lawrence R. James
  • S.b. Sells

Organizations

  • Texas Christian University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

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

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.