The relationship between organizational climate and perceptions of organizational politics In educational faculties

Abstract

This dissertation aimed at determining the relationship between perceptions of organizational climate and perceptions of organizational politics of faculty members working at educational faculties. The universe of the research in relational survey method was formed by faculty members who have their PhD and work for educational faculties at the state universities in Turkey. Since the purpose of this research was to reach the whole universe, sampling was not taken. 866 faculty members were reached within the research context. Data of this study was collected by using "Organizational Climate Scale-OCS" and "The Perception of Organizational Politics Scale-POPS" on a web-based questionnaire. Parametric statistics were used in the data analysis. Correlation analysis was applied to investigate the relationship between sub-dimensions. Regression analysis was implemented to examine the effect of organizational climate on the perception of organizational politics.