Manuscript Title:

LINKING ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL: ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATIVE CULTURE AS MODERATOR

Author:

SADIA HUSSAIN, ISHA KAMPOOWALE, HUMA SADIA, SHAFEI MOIZ HALI

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/XEWVC

Published : 2022-04-23

About the author(s)

1. SADIA HUSSAIN - Lecturer, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Vehari campus.
2. ISHA KAMPOOWALE - PhD Scholar, Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Technologi, Malaysia.
3. HUMA SADIA - M.Phil Scholar, Federal Urdu University Islamabad.
4. SHAFEI MOIZ HALI - Assistant Professor, Government and Public Policy Department, National Defence University Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Abstract

Objectives: The objectives of this current study are designed to explore the impact of organizational climate on the psychological capital and to investigate the moderating role of organizational innovative culture for linking the organizational climate to psychological capital of university teachers in Pakistan.

Methodology: This study is quantitative in its nature and it collected primary data with the help of valid and well-structured questionnaire. The online data is collected from the 120 full time university teachers. For the data analysis this study applied PLS approach for developing the structural equation (SEM). This study investigated the existence of the social exchange theory in the context of higher educational institutions, because this theory plays important role to develop interaction between the organization and workers.

Finding: The empirical results elaborated that organizational climate has positive and significant impact on the psychological capital of the teacher in higher educational institution. This organizational climate enhances the hope, self-efficiency, optimism, resiliency of the teacher that also led the organization toward the success. Further, this study explained that Organizational innovative culture is best moderator to develop the link between the organizational climate and psychological capital of the teacher. These results are a line with social exchange theory too.

Conclusion: In the end, this study concluded that university teacher are asset for any country, because they produces professional and well trained human capital for the country. The innovate culture of organization with passive climate enables the teachers to utilize their innovative ideas to solve the problem of students.


Keywords

Organizational climate, Psychological capital, organizational innovative culture, Smart PLS, social exchange theory, Pakistan