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" A study of organizational climate and organizational commitment in human organizations "
S. Turan
C. Taylor
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1113466
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TLpq304450154
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C. Taylor
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S. Turan
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A study of organizational climate and organizational commitment in human organizations\ S. TuranC. Taylor
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Ohio University
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1998
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1998
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Ph.D.
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129
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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between organizational climate and organizational commitment of teachers in secondary public schools in the city of Bursa in Turkey. Specifically, the objective of this study was to determine the strength of the relationship between each dimension of organizational climate (supportive principal behavior, directive principal behavior, engaged teacher behavior, frustrated teacher behavior, and intimate teacher behavior), as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire for secondary schools (OCDQ-RS), and organizational commitment of teachers, as measured by the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire (OCQ). Data were collected from 900 teachers in 40 public high schools. The unit of analysis was the school in this study (data were aggregated at the school level). Correlation analyses were performed to test the hypotheses. Results of the study indicated the existence of a significant positive relationship between overall organizational climate of the school and the teachers' organizational commitment (r =.780, p < 0.01). A significant positive correlation between supportive leader behavior and the teachers' organizational commitment was found (r =.519, p < 0.01). There was also a significant positive relationship between engaged teacher behavior and teachers' organizational commitment (r =.732, p < 0.01). Findings of the study also indicated a negative relationship between frustrated teacher behavior and the teachers' organizational commitment (r =.360, p < 0.05). No significant relationship was found between directive leadership behavior and teachers' organizational commitment (r =.267, p > 0.05). The last hypothesis of a relationship between intimate teacher behavior and teachers' organizational commitment was not supported (r =.310, p > 0.05). The study concludes that there is a significant relationship between organizational climate of the school and the teachers' organizational commitment. Furthermore, this study confirmed that OCDQ-RS and OCQ are stable across cultural settings. Organizational climate of the school provides an overall information about the nature of leadership behavior (supportive and directive) and teacher behavior (engaged, frustrated, and intimate) that can be used to describe the quality of life and teachers' identification with their schools. Further studies need to examine the relationship between organizational climate and student achievement in the context and administrative/bureaucratic structure of the Turkish educational system.
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Education
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educational administration
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Psychology
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School administration
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teachers
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Turkey
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