Abstract

RAMOS, Valentina  and  TEJERA, Eduardo. Study of the relationship between culture, climate and labour force in Ecuador. Acción psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.14, n.2, pp.225-240.  Epub Sep 11, 2023. ISSN 2255-1271.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5944/ap.14.1.17046.

The organizational climate is the result of workers' perceptions associated with their work environment, while culture is the set of shared behaviors, ideas and feelings that define the way in which an organization works. These perceptions of the environment that define the climate, can be variable between the workers, which is known as its strength. This research corresponds to a study of the work climate in Ecuador that also includes an analysis of its strength and the aspects of the organizational culture that most affect it. A tool validated in the context of the research was used to measure differences in climate perceptions, as well as cultural aspects associated with it, in a sample of 832 workers from public and private organizations. The calculations were made taking into account mean comparisons and structural equation modeling. Our results indicated that the work climate in Ecuador in terms of strength can be considered as weak. It is interesting to note that all cultural dimensions identified correlated statistically and positively with climate, but not with the strength. Based on these results, we had a model of relationships between the variables with good adjustment indexes (CFI = 0.991, GFI = 0.983, RMSEA = 0.059, PCFI = 0.531, x2/df = 3.871). As main conclusions, we emphasize that, at least in the context of the study, the strength will be directly dependent to the type of climate prevailing and the actions that are done to improve it. This is essential because if there is a weak climate, there will be consequences both at the moment of measurement and at the moment of making decisions to improve it, because there are different perceptions at each level of analysis, whether individual, group and organizational.

Keywords : Work climate; Culture; Climate strength; Structural equation modeling; Organizational context.

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