Organizational climate and job satisfaction are important organizational phenomena that are measured to appropriately support the development of organizational culture and the value system shared by all members of the organization. While organizational climate is more of an objective perception of various elements of the work environment, satisfaction provides deeper insight into employees’ subjective and emotional responses to their job, primarily based on individual experience. Reliable qualitative measures of these phenomena will serve as a basis for planning activities aimed at aligning the organization’s values with the business strategy.
Why is ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE important for the company?
In the last 30 years, much evidence has emerged indicating the importance and impact of the work environment on organizational performance. Generally, research shows that factors related to the work environment have a significant impact on:
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Employee motivation
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Job satisfaction
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Job performance
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Employee retention
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Organizational productivity
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Customer perception of the quality of the company’s products and services
What can we do?
Because of its direct impact on productivity, creativity, and all other forms of effective professional behavior among employees, every organization should actively create a climate that will support the company’s long-term successful business operations. For this reason, it is crucial to have insight into the current state of the climate within the organization and, if necessary, to influence the improvement of the overall working atmosphere.
At a basic level, climate refers to employees’ perceptions of their work environment and reflects how they describe that environment. Measuring organizational climate is based on a standardized set of organizational climate dimensions that can be adapted or changed according to the client’s needs. Additionally, various specific organizational elements can be added and measured if there is a need to correlate them with the dimensions of organizational climate.