The Role of Psychological Climate on Organizational Commitment: Reporting

In an effort to understand how the proximal work environment shapes public sector employees ’ work attitudes, two parallel studies were designed to examine how perceptions of psychological climate influence the organizational commitment of three occupational groups--clerical, professional, and managerial/executive. In the first study, data were gathered from 267 employees in 11 New York State agencies. A second study focused on a single state agency with a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce; altogether 2136 employees in 12 divisions participated. Convergent results indicated that the relationships between organizational commitment and four domains of psychological climate varied across occupational groups. Implications of these results with respect to developing effective strategies for enhancing public sector employees ’ organizational commitment are discussed in detail