The Relationship Between Organizational Climate and Psychological Well-Being of Hospital Employees

Organizational climate is an important work environment factor which can affect different aspects of work. This study was aimed to evaluate the relationship between organizational climate and personnel’s psychological well-being. In an analytical and cross-sectional study we used Sussman and Deep’s organizational climate questionnaire and CL-90R psychological well-being questionnaire in 3 educational hospitals of Yazd, Iran. A total of 120 personnel contributed in the study. Data analysis was done through SPSS . We used Chi square test and Pearson’s correlation coefficient in data analysis. The statistical negative 16 correlations between organizational climate and 5 dimensions of psychological well-being including obsessive-compulsive (p= 0.04, r= -0.12), depression (p= 0.03, r= -0.19), anxiety (p= 0.01, r= -0.26), phobic anxiety (p= 0.04, r= -0.23) and psychoticism (p= 0.01, r= -0.14) were confirmed. Also, psychological well-being had a negative relationship with organizational climate (p=0.04, r= -0.26). Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that organizational climate improvement can be considered as a policy for promotion of personnel’s psychological well-being.