The connection between organizational climate and well-being at work

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the connections between organizational climate and well-being at work.

Design/methodology/approach

Connections between perceived organizational climate and well-being at work were studied through quantitative data gathered from 24 public day-care centers in Finland.

Findings

The unit-level analyses revealed that different types of organizational climates were connected to different types of job well-being in the unit. Organizational climate types were differentially connected to stress and cynicism, but were not connected to work engagement. Employees in units where work climate was collectively evaluated as particularly weak reported significantly lower well-being than those in units with better work climate. The most positive climates – “relaxed and friendly” and “encouraging and supportive of new ideas” – seemed to be more strongly connected to well-being than negative climates.

Originality/value

The study confirmed and clarified the link between organizational climate and job well-being and emphasized how different climate types have varying types of connection to well-being at work.

Citation

Viitala, R., Tanskanen, J. and Säntti, R. (2015), "The connection between organizational climate and well-being at work", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 23 No. 4, pp. 606-620. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-10-2013-0716