Organizational climate: A key factor for business success

Abstract

Organizational climate is a topic that has been approached from the perspective of different disciplines such as administration, management and organizational psychology, which have contributed to its theoretical development. The objective of this paper is to present the state of the art of organizational climate as a notable factor for organizational growth. In such regard, a deep exploration of the scientific and academic literature has been carried out, considering a selection of studies from the last five years. In this way, a main finding was obtained: the prevalence of the study of organizational climate as a factor related to elements such as leadership, organizational culture, and job satisfaction. In addition, the literature reviewed presented different models for characterizing and structuring organizational climate through dimensions, factors, variables, indicators, categories, classifications, or typologies, which make it possible to study and understand the phenomenon in the most comprehensive way. As for the methodology used for the analysis, a documentary review was used for data collection. Finally, based on the main findings, it is established that organizational climate affects the growth of the organization, and in turn is influenced by different factors of individual and collective nature within the company, the knowledge of which allows to better characterize and structure it.