Perception of organisational climate and job satisfaction of scientists in Kerala Agricultural University

Abstract

An investigation on organisational climate and job satisfaction of scientists in Kerala Agricultural University was conducted involving 60 teachers and 44 researchers from two agricultural colleges and four regional agricultural research stations. The findings indicated that a higher proportion of the respondents perceived the organisational climate as facilitating and job satisfaction as medium. "Problem solving" was perceived as the most important dimension of organistional climate, while inter-persona I relationship remained the least perceived dimension. In respect of job satisfaction the respondents were more satisfied with work itself and least satisfied with working conditions. There was no significant relation between the selected demographicand psychological variables, except the perception of work. However, the organisational climate was signifcantly related to the job satisfaction of both teachers and researchers.