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organizational climate  

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  • Although there is continuing controversy surrounding definitions of organizational climate, and especially its differentiation from organizational culture, the most widely adopted definition is that of Benjamin Schneider, who defined organizational climate as a mutually agreed internal (or molar) environmental description of an organization's practices and procedures. Within this definition, it should be noted that the focus is on organization members' agreed perceptions of their organizational environment. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Organizational Climate]

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