The effect of organizational climate on employees' job stress (Case study: SEPKA Training and Operations Center staff)

Background and Purpose:

 In any organization, a sense of collective identity emerges that transforms the simple aggregation of individuals into distinct workplace personalities. This natural feeling of the workplace has been analyzed and studied under several headings, including organizational characteristics, social environment, atmosphere, ideology, climate, culture, advanced system, and formal organization. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and job stress of the staff of SEPKA Center of NAJA Anti-Narcotics Police.

The method of this study was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population in this study is 130 employees working in the SEPKA Center of NAJA Anti-Narcotics Police in 2019. The sampling method used in the research is simple random. For data collection, two questionnaires of Hapin and Kraft organization climate and Steinmetz job stress questionnaire were used.

In analyzing the correlation between organizational climate variables and job stress, employees have a positive and significant correlation. This means that organizational climate has an effect on employee job stress.

Managers can reduce the job stress of employees by adopting appropriate strategies such as proper job design, social support for employees, implementation of special programs.