ANALYSIS OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE PERCEPTIONS OF HEALTH ORGANIZATION’S STAFF IN TERMS OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES

Organizational climate is defined as perceptual similarities regarding the psychological context of the organization. These similarities form the properties that separate the one organizational climate from other organizations. Thus, it can be said that every organization has its unique climate. This research aims to find out whether the perceptions of health organization staff about their own organizational climate vary depending on their gender, marital status, occupation or age. In this research, the organizational climate scale, consisting of 50 items and 9 dimensions developed by Litwin and Stringer, is used as the data collection tool. The survey method was used in the research and it was implemented on private hospitals serving in Gaziantep and Ad？yaman cities, in Turkey. It is aimed to find out whether the organizational climate perceptions of staff are influenced by the variables, namely gender, marital status, age and occupation. The data collected through the surveys is analysed with “SPSS 23.0” statistical package software. The analyses show that; gender, marital status and occupation are influential on the perception of organizational climate.