THE EFFECT OF ORGANISATIONAL CLIMATE ON THE AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION

Abstract

Organisational climate is expressed as the atmosphere/mood perceived indirectly or directly by the employees of the organisation. Organisational climate may be useful on several organisational variables, especially the behaviours and attitudes of the employees within the organisation. In this study, the organisational climate's effect on affective commitment and job satisfaction was investigated. The data were collected with a survey applied to 362 employees who were working in 4 or 5-star hotel enterprises in Adana and Mersin. Consequently, it was discovered that there is a significant positive relationship between the organisational climate, affective commitment (r=0,661; p<0.001) and job satisfaction (r=0,766; p<0.001) of the employees, and that the organisational climate affects the organisational commitment (R2=0,455) and job satisfaction (R2=0,596) levels of the employees in a positive way. Moreover, as a result of the multilinear regression analyses, the dimensions of organisational structure, rewarding, work environment and support, which are among the sub-dimensions of the organisational climate, were seen to play a role in the affective commitment and job satisfaction of the employees.