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Peer reviewedSchneider, Benjamin – Personnel Psychology, 1975
The purposes of this essay are to (a) present some evidence about the importance of the climate concept as an aid in understanding employee behavior in work organizations and (b) provide a framework for guiding future climate research. (Author)
Descriptors: Definitions, Employee Attitudes, Guidelines, Job Satisfaction
Download full textSchneider, Benjamin; Synder, Robert A. – 1974
Relationships among two measures of job satisfaction and one of organizational climate, among seven production and turnover indices of organizational effectiveness, and between the two sets of measures were investigated in 50 life insurance agencies (N=522). It was shown that: (1) climate and satisfaction measures are correlated for some people…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Insurance Companies, Job Satisfaction
Schneider, Benjamin – 1974
The benefits of clustering organizations into types were discussed, and a method for clustering life insurance agencies by climate profiles was presented. Clusters of life insurance agencies were identified on the basis of manager, assistant manager, and already-employed ("old") agents' climate perceptions. Agency success, including production of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classification, Cluster Grouping, Employee Attitudes
