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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE,

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL
CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR AMONG COLLEGE TEACHERS

*JANIS MARIA ANTONY, ** DR. P. MAHENDRAN

*PH. D RESEARCH SCHOLAR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE,
COIMBATORE-14.

** ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND HOD, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE,
COIMBATORE-14.

ABSTRACT
Organizational Climate focus on how organizational participants observe, experience and make
sense of their work environment and are fundamental building blocks for describing and
analyzing organizational phenomena (Schneider, Ehrhart & Macey,2011). A conducive climate
can lead to increased level of commitment from the employees’ part to the organization.
Organizational Commitment is considered to be an important determinant of organizational
effectiveness. It is the emotional bond or attachment between the employees and their
organization (O’Reilly &Chatman, 1986). Both climate and commitment can be predictors of
behaviors that exceed delineated role expectations, often termed as Organizational Citizenship
Behavior. The present study aims at finding out a relationship between Organizational Climate,
Organizational Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior. The purpose is to learn
the extent to which working climate persuade an employee to develop bonding towards the
organization, which in turn may lead to out-of the role behaviors from the employees part which
would ultimately benefit the organization, creating a sense of satisfaction too in the employee.
The study is conducted adopting a sample of 100 College teachers from the private sector.
Organizational Climate Index, Organizational Commitment Questionnaire and Organizational
Citizenship Behavior Scale are used for the data collection. Pearson product moment correlation
and partial correlation are used to statistically analyze the data. The results show that
Organizational Climate is a predictor of Organizational Commitment and Organizational
Citizenship Behavior.

KEY WORDS: Organizational Climate, Organizational Commitment, Organizational

Citizenship Behavior.

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