Effect of Organizational Climate on Job Satisfaction of Clinical Instructors at the Faculty of Nursing, Cairo Univeristy

Background: The organizational climate and job satisfaction are vital elements in any educational system, depends up on the involvement, efforts and the contribution of the academic staff or their professional expertise. Numerous investigators have studied the organizational climate and job satisfaction in health sector but rarely examined the organizational climate and job satisfaction among teaching faculty members for higher education. Aim of the Study: The current study seeks to assess the effect of organizational climate on job satisfaction of clinical instructors at the Faculty of Nursing Cairo University. Design and Sample: A descriptive exploratory design was utilized to achieve the aim of the current study. The data was collected from sample include (120) male and female of clinical instructors through A questionnaire consists of three parts, first part the socio-demographic data, the second and third part the organizational climate and job satisfaction respectively. Results: The current study revealed that 63% of sample had moderate perception of organizational climate, and 55% of sample has moderate level of job satisfaction. There is statistically significance difference in perception of female than male with organizational climate (t=2.856, p=.005), also no statistically significance difference between gender and job satisfaction (t=.293, p=.770). Also there are highly positive correlation between overall job satisfaction and organizational climate (r=.679, p=.000). In addition to there are highly significant effect of organizational climate on job satisfaction ß=(.679), (t=10.052), (p=.000). Conclusion: The current study concluded that the clinical instructors have moderate level of job satisfaction and organizational climate, there are positive correlation between organizational climate and job satisfaction dimensions. Also the study concluded that there are no statistically significant difference between socio demographic data and organizational climate and job satisfaction except females have positive perception of organizational climate than male. In addition to there are strongly effect of organizational climate on job satisfaction.