Organizational Climate Questionnaire

Instructions:
Read the following statements carefully. Each item has got 5
responses, namely, SD Strongly Disagree, D Disagree, N Neutral,
A Agree and SA Strongly Agree. After reading each item put a tick
mark against the response which you feel is most appropriate according
to you in relation to your organization. Avoid responding neutral as
much as possible.
SD D N A SA
1. I am willing to put in a great deal of effort beyond that normally
expected in order to help this organization be successful.
2. I talk up this organization to my friends as a great organization
to work for.
3. I feel very little loyalty to this organization.
4. I would accept almost any type of job assignment in order to keep
working for this organization.
5. I find that my values and the organizations values are very similar.
6. I am proud to tell others that I am part of this organization.
7. I could just as well be working for a different organization as long
as the type of work was similar.
8. This organization really inspires the very best in me in the way of
job performance.
9. It would take very little change in my present circumstances to
cause me to leave this organization.
10. I am extremely glad that I chose this organization to work for over
others I was considering at the time I joined.
11. Theres not too much to be gained by sticking with this organization
indefinitely.
12. Often, I find it difficult to agree with this organizations policies on
important matters relating to its employees.
13. I really care about the fate of this organization.
14. For me this is the best of all possible organizations for which to work.
15. Deciding to work for this organization was a definite mistake on my
part.
Description of the tool:
Organizational Climate Questionnaire:
The organizational climate questionnaire used for the study was
developed by Likert (1967). The questionnaire contains 18 items and

measures the 6 dimensions of organizational climate:

1. Leadership (items 1,2,3)
2. Motivation (items 4,5,6)
3. Communication (7,8,9,10)
4. Goal Setting (11,12,13)
5. Decision making (14,15)
6. Controls (16,17,18)
The responses indicate the degree to which the organization tends
towards a participative and human oriented as compared to an
automotive and highly structured climate.
The four management systems are as follows:
Explorative and authoritative
Benevolent
Consultative
Participative
Scoring :
The items are scored by adding the responses given by the individuals
in the response column. The total score for each of the dimension is
calculated. The total organizational climate score is the sum of the
scores of all the dimensions. A high score indicates that the
employees perceive the organization more favorably.
Standardization:
The questionnaire has been standardized for Indian population to suit
our culture by Patel (197.
Reliability :
The test-retest reliability co-efficient for the different dimensions
of organizational climate are as follows:
Dimensions Index of Reliability
Leadership0 .48
Motivation0 .51
Communication 0.60
Decision making 0.95
Goal setting 0.53
Controls 0.48