Organizational Climate and Academic Staff’s Perception on Climate Factors

Abstract: This study aimed to find out how managers and academicians working in the organization perceived their organization and how they responded to the variations arising from climatic changes in the organization. The data were collected from 146 academicians by Kocaeli University Organizational Climate Questionnaire (KUOCQ) measuring five factors- “rules and discipline”, “democracy”, “social and cultural factors”, “organizational image ” and “organizational goals”. Reliability coefficient of questionnaire was " =.97. The findings showed that there was a significant difference in five dimensions between academicians who were in the post of management and those who were not: managers scored more than the rest. Moreover, the findings showed that “gender ” and “academic title ” were not important in the perception of organizational climate. When evaluated in general, it was obviously seen that it was necessary for the managers to make all academicians informed about the decisions and the situation of organization in order to create an atmosphere of mutual trust. Suggestions are made about what should be done to achieve effective organizational climate and to help academic staff have a positive approach to more positive organizational climate and to remove post inequity between managers and academicians. Key words: Organizational climate % Academic perception % Organizational culture