Juliana
As far as I know the orginal work in this area was done by Litwin and
Stringer (Motivation and Organizational Climate; Harvard University Press,
1968). If you haven't come across this yet in your research, I would
highly recommend it, as it does try to define climate and its dimensions,
and is based on original, empirical research. The concepts expressed in
the book have been tested and improved over the past 30 years through
their implementation by numerous large organisations, and the
practitioners of the theory, notably Sherbrooke Associates, have developed
extensive data bases which establish world-wide benchmarks for each of the
key dimensions of climate.
Let me know directly if you want more information on this area and I'll
try to help.
Good luck and Cheers
Richard Goodale
> I'm interested in investigating the organizational climate at my
> organization, but the literature about this theme is controversial. It's
> difficult to define what is organizational climate and what are its
> dimensions. It seems to me that organizational climate is a construct that
> join many organizational behaviors that we already study with other names.
> What do you know about this?
>
> Juliana Porto
> juporto@linkexpress.com.br
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