The Effect of Organizational Climate on General Health of Lecturers

The aim of the present study is to investigate the role of organizational climate as an enhancer of general well being. A random sample of 200 lecturers serving in different colleges of Kurukshetra and Karnal districts were administered with Organizational Climate Inventory (OCI) developed by Chattopadhyay and Agrawal (1976) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) developed by Goldberg (1967). Eleven factors of OCI and six factors of GHQ were confronted by product moment method of correlation. The 17 x 17 intercorrelation matrix for 200 subjects was processed by principal component method of factor analysis. Four factors were extracted and interpreted after varimax rotation. Results of the study revealed that motivational level of organizational climate was positively related with somatic complaints of general health. However, factors support system, identity problems, warmth and organizational structure of OCI showed negative relationship with factors depression, anxiety and sleep of general health Participants who perceived their organizational climate as having lesser support system, warmth, poor organizational structure and who experienced problems of identification tended to have more health problems.