ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE: FROM LITERATURE REVIEW TO AGENDA AHEAD

Purpose - Organizational climate affects and influence the employees’ performance,
motivation, and job satisfaction. The purpose of this research is to synthesize existing
literature on organizational climate in order to broaden and clarify the scope of future
research on the subject.
Methodology and Approach- For readers to obtain a better understanding of the
idea, this study gives a thorough overview of existing empirical and conceptual
research on organizational climate, as well as its outcomes and findings published in
prominent peer-reviewed Business and Management Journals. The researcher has
also explored the four dimension of organizational climate which include peopleoriented climate, rule-oriented climate, result-oriented climate, and innovationoriented climate, as well as the several other dimensions employed by the previous
researcher to investigate the subject of organizational climate.
The Result and Findings - The findings of the previous studies were inconsistent, and
contradictory. They have failed to recognize the problems with various types of
organizational climate and its dimensions. The outcomes are presenting obstacles to
organizations’ management and highlighting the disadvantage of failing to achieve a
positive and healthy organizational climate. The results and findings of this study
indicated different rationale on the subject as well as suggestion for a future research
plan.
Uniqueness/Value- To create a good organizational climate, this study has proposed
a potential research plan which will be not only useful to gain good climate but also
maximize the benefits of a positive and healthy organizational climate. This research
also adds theoretical ideas and perspectives to the mix, which will aid researchers in
better understanding the concept and dimension of organizational climate.