A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION IN ONGC (PUBLIC SECTOR) IN KARAIKAL

Mrs.Shanthi

Volume : V, Issue : III, March - 2016

A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION IN ONGC (PUBLIC SECTOR) IN KARAIKAL

Mrs. Shanthi

Abstract :

Organizations in the 21st century are facing more challenges than ever before. These challenges are not unique to any specific organization or industry, but affect all organizations, regardless of their structure or size. Organizational climate in particular is constantly challenged by changes impacting organizations today. To survive and outdo their competitors, organizations are constantly seeking to improve their performance. Few authors think that organizational climate is becoming more important than ever before because organizations need to ensure that those individuals who add value to the bottom line will want to stay in the organization and will want to continue pouring their effort into their work to the benefit of the organization. Researchers have been interested in understanding how employees� perceptions of the work environment influence their level of job satisfaction since Mayo�s (1933) studies at Western Electric. These studies found that environmental factors influence worker productivity and morale. Bisconti and Solomon (cited in Peek, 2003) report that an organizational climate that allows a high degree of autonomy and nurtures relationships among peers, supervisors and subordinates results in more satisfied workers. Organizations that are able to create environments that employees perceive as benign and in which they are able to achieve their full potential are seen as a key source of competitive advantage (Brown & Leigh, 1996). Organizational climate can therefore be regarded as a key variable in successful organizations. In an organization Organizational climate (OC) and job satisfaction (JS) are different but correlated constructs, and both emerge to manipulate or influence employees� indulgent of the work environment and their level of job satisfaction. The main objective of this study was to explore the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction to determine whether employees� perceptions of the work environment influence their level of job satisfaction. In the present scenario many industrial units are facing lot of problems and more challenges than ever before. These challenges are not only unique to any specific organization or industry, but affect all organizations at different level. Organizational climate in particular is constantly challenged by changes impacting organizations today