This document summarizes a research study on the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction of teachers in schools. The study investigated the different types of organizational climates that exist in higher secondary schools and how they influence teacher job satisfaction. Questionnaires were administered to 100 teachers to assess organizational climate and job satisfaction. The results showed significant differences in climate and satisfaction based on factors like gender and climate type. Specifically, female teachers and those in schools with an open climate reported higher job satisfaction. The study concluded that organizational climate significantly impacts teacher job satisfaction and open climates are most conducive to satisfaction.

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Research Paper—Education
Organizational Climate and Job Satisfaction of
Teachers in Schools
January,2013 * Dr. Veenu Khurana
* Lecturer, Swami Devi Dyal College of Education, Barwala, Distt. Panchkula, Chandigarh
A B S T R A C T
School climate refers to the nature of situation and interaction that prevails between the teachers and head of the institutions.
The study is conducted with an objective to investigate the types of organizational climate that exist in the higher secondary
schools and its overall influence on the job satisfaction of Postgraduate teachers working in such schools The nature of the
study is Normative Survey. Organizational Climate Descriptive Questionnaire and the job satisfaction scale were admin-
istered to the 100 teachers working in senior secondary schools of District Panchkula.The analysis revealed a significant
difference in the school organizational climate and the job satisfaction of teachers. Job satisfaction was same among the
teachers irrespective of their Marital Status, location of school, type of school they work except their sex. However, it is
interesting to note that the open type of climate leads to very high level of job satisfaction among the teachers.
Introduction: Urban Schools of District Panchkula. A sample of 100
The human interaction that takes place in the school teachers,50 male and 50 females were randomly se-
plays an important role. The school is web of interac- lected for the present study. The sample was further
tion among people who live work together in a particu- bifurcated into Married and Unmarried, Rural and Ur-
lar way.This interaction environment of the institution ban, Govt. and Private Teachers.
leads to organizational climate. The term Organiza- Tools Used: The investigator used Organizational Cli-
tional climate has been variously understood in many mate Descriptive Questionnaire (OCDQ) by Motilal
ways such as 'the fear', 'the atmosphere', 'the environ- Sharma and the job satisfaction scale developed by the
ment', 'the zeal', 'the condition-prevailing' and 'the tone investigator. The OCDQ consists of 8 Dimensions viz.
of the institution'.The organizational climate is, 'the Disengagement, Alienation,Esprit,Intimacy, Psycho-
catholic patterns giving identity to subgroups and the Physical hindrance,control, Production emphasis and
interpersonal relations in a living organization. 'It is a Humanized Trust. These dimensions help to classify
personality of an Organization'. the Organizational; climate included open,
Job satisfaction of teachers is as important as orga- autonomous,familiar, controlled,paternal and closed.
nizational climate of any educational institution. The Table: 1- School climate and Types of Management
focal importance of teachers is not a new to the educa- S . Types of Types of Total Percentage
No. C l i m a t e Management
tional thinking, in spite of this recognition, relatively Private Govt.
little and reliable information is available regarding the 1. Open 6 1 7 23
job satisfaction of teachers. In order to an understand- 2. Autonomous 1 1 2 7
ing of the job satisfaction, it is imperative to look into 3. Familiar 2 5 7 23
4. Controlled 2 - 2 7
the views of experts. Job satisfaction is the result of 5. Paternal 3 3 6 20
various attitudes, the person holds towards the 6. Closed 1 5 6 20
job,towards related factors and towards life in general. Total 15 15 30 100
Objectives of the study: Table2: ANOVAs for Job Satisfaction
The objectives of the study are: Sources of Df Sum of Mean F Significance
1. To compare the Organizational Climate of Variation Squares Square at 0.01 level
SS Among 5 3486.47 699.29 6.90
(i) Private Higher Secondary Schools with that of 101.35 Table
Government Higher Secondary Schools. SS Within 250 25337.68 Value(3.08) 5
(ii) Rural Higher Secondary Schools with that of urban Analysis of Data: The results of the analyzed data
higher secondary schools. collected from the above tools are presented in Table:
2. To study the job satisfaction of teachers in respect 1.In the sample under considerations, it is found that
of sex, type of school and the type of management there are 7, 2,7,2,6 and 6 schools which belongs to
in which they work. open, autonomous, familiar, controlled, paternal and
3. To study the levels of job satisfaction of teachers closed environment. Consequently it may be concluded
in different organizational climate. that the percentage of each climate are 23,7,23,7,20 and
Sample: The present sample included 30 Rural and 30 20 respectively. It is also found that the numbers of
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Table:3 Significance of Difference of mean job satisfaction between different sub-samples
Sub-Samples N M SD Md t-value Significance at 0.05 level
1. (1) Male 50 95.55 11.79 3.86 1.98 S
(2) Female 50 99.41. 12.04
2. (1) Married 38 97.92 12.01 0.26 0.19 NS
(2) Unmarried 12 97.66 10.94
3. (1) Rural 20 97.22 12.07 0.06 0.04 NS
(2) Urban 30 87.66 11.79
4. (1) Govt. 22 96.26 10.58 2.94 1.96 NS
(2) Private 28 99.19 12.69
open climate schools are more in number in private sec- Table:4-Types of climate and Mean, SD of Job satisfaction
tor, while the familiar climates are found to be common S.No Types o9f Climate N Means S D
in govt. schools. It is interesting to note that number of 1. Open 60 103.87 9.84
2. Autonomous 24 92.58 6.68
schools with paternal climate is equal in both the 3. Familiar 58 97.69 12.50
sectors.In addition to this, more number of Govt.schools 4. Controlled 16 95.13 10.76
found to be closed climate, while there is only one such 5. Paternal 48 95.47 9.06
type in private school.. The job satisfaction of teachers 6. Closed 53 95.51 9.14
working under 6 organizational climate are subjected to ers working in open climate have more satisfaction than
analysis of variance(Table: 2).The resultant F value for the teachers of any other types of climate.
DF 5/250 IS 6.90 which ensures that there exists a strong Findings of the study: 1. The higher secondary
difference in the satisfaction of teachers working under schools of District Panchkula were found to have all the
different organizational climate. six types of climate viz. open,autonomous, familiar,
See Table 3 The mean difference between the sub- controlled, paternal and closed. 2.Open climate was
samples viz., between male and female,between mar- found in more number of Private schools and familiar
ried and unmarried are computed to be 3.86 and 0.26re- climate was found in Govt. schools.3.There exists a
spectively. The corresponding 't'values are 1.96 and significant difference in the job satisfaction between
0.19. Hence, by looking into the mean value of male and male and female teachers. The female teachers are enjoy-
female regarding the job satisfaction, it is concluded ing more job satisfaction.4.The married and unmarried
that female teachers are more satisfied than their coun- teachers do not differ in their job satisfaction and no
terparts. With reference to the marital status of the significant difference was found between rural and ur-
teachers and their job satisfaction, it is concluded that ban teachers in their job satisfaction.5.There exist no
the marital status has no influence on their job satisfac- significant relationship among the teachers in respect to
tion. (Table:3) With reference to the type of school that their location of work and type of school in marital status,
is Rural-Urban, and Govt.- Private the mean difference location of school which they work with job satisfaction.
of job satisfaction are 0.06 and 2.94 respectively and 6.It is found that the teachers working in open climate are
their corresponding 't' values 0.04 and 1.95 which are enjoying very high level of job satisfaction.
found to be less than the table value.It is concluded Conclusion: It is concluded that job satisfaction of
that neither the location of schools nor the types of teachers differ significantly as the organization climate
management of schools cause any significant differ- differs from school to school. Open climate is helpful
ence in their job satisfaction (Table:3).In order to know for very high level of job satisfaction among the post-
the organizational climate which contributes more to graduate teachers of higher secondary schools. It is
the job satisfaction of teachers, the means and stan- felt that the teachers and headmasters are to be pro-
dard deviations of the job satisfaction scores of teach- vided in-service training on human relations and im-
ers belonging to different climates are computed and proving school facilities by the appropriate authorities
presented in See Table-4. to achieve good school climate and higher job satisfac-
Among the Mean satisfaction of teachers in different tion among the teachers. Teachers and headmasters are
types of climate,open climate contributes higher level to be encouraged to have the reading habit of educa-
of mean job satisfaction. It is concluded that the teach- tional journals which may help them to know existing
organizational climate and factors responsible for job
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