A case study on the opinions of teachers about organizational climate

The aim of the study is to examine the opinions of secondary school teachers working in Ankara Mamak about organizational climate. This study was conducted with the volunteer teachers who were selected from a school in Ankara Mamak with maximum variety and criterion sampling method during the 2020-2021 academic year. This research is a case study which is one of the qualitative research techniques. The data of the research was collected with a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher. Descriptive and content analysis methods were used for sorting the data out and the results of the analysis were presented with the support of direct quotations from the participants. According to the overall results of the research, teachers indicated that organizational climate was bad, misty, boring, moody, and insincere; they felt uneasy, uncomfortable, insecure, unhappy, tired, under pressure and not free. In addition to this, they said that teachers broke into groups; everybody built trust in his/her own group and they communicated well with group members. Teachers specified that several factors composed the organizational climate of schools and the main factors were school administration, communication between the colleagues, and the environment of the schools. Moreover, they emphasized the importance of behaving fair to the teachers, rewarding and supporting the teachers by the school principal. Apart from this, teachers expressed that the quality of the communication with the parents, education and socioeconomic level of the parents, the schools' facilities, full enforcement of the rules at school and frequent teacher changes also affected the organizational climate. In this research, the opinions of teachers who work at a school in Ankara Mamak about organizational climate are presented and some ideas related to composing a strong, effective, and positive organizational climate are suggested.