Investigation of the Role of Organizational Climate in Enhancing Quality Management Practices of Higher Education

Abstract

This study attempts to find the organisational climate's role in enhancing quality management practices in Egypt higher education. Data collected with surveys consist of three sections ( Demographic, Organisational climate, and Quality Management Practices) adapted from prior study to be appropriate with higher education. Across the faculty of Sadat university, 252 lecturers completed surveys to examine relationships among variables within the instruments and explore possible differences by demographic variables. Smart PLS was used to analyze the data. While SPSS 26 was used to identify the Profile of respondents and identify lecturers' perception. The study results revealed that all the predicting variables have a significant positive relationship with quality management practices. Results also suggested that the need to pay attention to the university's organisational climate is important to improving quality management practices. The study also recommended that the need to raise awareness among those in charge of the educational process of applying the practice of quality management in universities and its benefits to the educational process.