The effect of organizational climate on organizational commitments of employees: An application in hospitaliy enterprises

The reasearch was carried out to determine organizational climate type of hospitality enterprises and to put forth the relationships between organizational climate and organizational commitments of employees.With the study, it was aimed that relationships between organizational climate and organizational commitments of employees working in hospitality enterprises were defined. Accordingly, Research model is descriptive model in terms of presenting the current state. After literature survey was carried out, were given basic knowledge about Organizational Climate and Organizational Commitment. In the research, the obtained knowledges were revaled by the survey application.Since the study contained multi-dimensional and comprehensive subjects, it was limited to the direction in which the organizational climate on its commitment was dealt with mainly. The questionnare was performed on staff which were working in 3,4&5 stars hospitality enterprises which was formed in Mugla Province and 520 questionnaires were statistically evaluated.The questionnaire consisted of three parts. In the first part, questions indentifying information regarding employees' demographic characteristics (gender, age, educational background , work experience, the task status in institution ); in the second part, questions measuring organizational commitment and in the last part; questions relating organizational climate were asked.While evaluating collected in the study; descriptive statistical methods (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation) were applied.Kruskal-Wallis H test, Mann-Whitney U-test, correlation and regression analyzes among Non-parametric tests were performed as Hypothesis testing. The findings were assessed in the %95 confidence interval , a significance level of 0,05.According to the result of research data , it was seen that there was significant difference in the levels of organizational commitment of employees in terms of variables which were age, educational background, task in organization, work experience and it was observed that there was no significant difference in terms of gender. As a result , organizational commitment increased parallel with rising in Organizational Climate and it was observed that Organizational climate affected Organizational Commitment.Key Words : Organizational Climate, Dimensions of Climate, Organizational Commitment, Hospitality Enterprises.