The association between the concepts of organizational climate, socio-cultural dimensions and job satisfaction

Objective of this study is to understand the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction as well as to analyze how socio-cultural dimensions affect this relationship. Regarding socio-cultural dimensions concept, two dimensions investigated in this study were mainly; power distance and uncertainty avoidance. In order to investigate the link between these main concepts, a research has been conducted in a multinational company based in the Netherlands. Data was collected via an online questionnaire that was composed of organizational climate, job satisfaction and socio-cultural dimensions scales and 43 questions were asked in total. 150 employees participated to the survey from various age groups and functions in the organization. After missing and incorrect answers have been removed, 123 items were used in the analysis. Organizational climate and socio-cultural dimensions were treated as independent variables, whereas job satisfaction was set as dependent variable in the research. Data obtained from the survey was analyzed using descriptive, correlation, multiple regression, T-test and ANOVA analysis. Results of data analysis indicated that there is a strong and negative relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction. Also, there is a negative moderating effect of socio-cultural dimensions among the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction. Concerning the difference between demographic factors, no significant difference has been found affecting the perception of main research concepts.