Riitta Viitala, Jussi Tanskanen and Risto Säntti
– The purpose of this paper is to examine the connections 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.
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The fact that the Finns fought an epic battle to repel a Soviet invasion more than 60 years ago should not really have much bearing on how banking colleagues get on with each…
Abstract
The fact that the Finns fought an epic battle to repel a Soviet invasion more than 60 years ago should not really have much bearing on how banking colleagues get on with each other in the twenty‐first century. Such things should not matter when you are faced with merging two big banks, but they do. The problem is figuring out why, and trying to find out which views seem to be positive or negative, and how the whole mixture can be turned into an encouraging new look at a mutually beneficial future.