TY - JOUR
T1 - Organizational climate systems and psychological climate perceptions
T2 - A cross-level study of climate-satisfaction relationships
AU - Schulte, Mathis
AU - Ostroff, Cheri
AU - Kinicki, Angelo J.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Research has consistently demonstrated that both individual-level climate perceptions and organizational climate are related to job satisfaction; however, little work has investigated their relative importance in a single study. Using a sample of 1,076 employees from 120 branches of a US-based bank, the relative importance of individual-and unit-level climate on individual satisfaction was examined. Cross-level results of hierarchical linear models indicated that individuals' perceptions of the climate accounted for a large percentage of variance in individuals' satisfaction. Further, unit-level climate systems accounted for a small but significant portion of individual satisfaction above and beyond individuals' perceptions of the climate. These results suggest that the overall climate in a work unit has some influence on individual attitudes, after accounting for individuals' idiosyncratic perceptions of the climate.
AB - Research has consistently demonstrated that both individual-level climate perceptions and organizational climate are related to job satisfaction; however, little work has investigated their relative importance in a single study. Using a sample of 1,076 employees from 120 branches of a US-based bank, the relative importance of individual-and unit-level climate on individual satisfaction was examined. Cross-level results of hierarchical linear models indicated that individuals' perceptions of the climate accounted for a large percentage of variance in individuals' satisfaction. Further, unit-level climate systems accounted for a small but significant portion of individual satisfaction above and beyond individuals' perceptions of the climate. These results suggest that the overall climate in a work unit has some influence on individual attitudes, after accounting for individuals' idiosyncratic perceptions of the climate.
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U2 - 10.1348/096317905X72119
DO - 10.1348/096317905X72119
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845468267
SN - 0963-1798
VL - 79
SP - 645
EP - 671
JO - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
IS - 4
ER -