A Quantitative Study on the Relationship between Psychological Climate and Organisational Trust in Schools

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the psychological climate and levels of organisational trust among teachers in educational institutions. The study employed a quantitative methodology and was conducted using a relational survey model. The study employed a stratified sampling method to select a sample of 473 teachers working in Onikişubat, Dulkadiroğlu, Andırın and Pazarcık districts of Kahramanmaraş province during the 2023-2024 academic year. Psychological Climate Scale and the Organizational Trust Scale were used to collect the data. The findings indicated that the psychological climate of teachers was rated as high. No significant differences were observed in the level of psychological climate according to the education level of the teachers. However, a significant difference was noted in favour of male teachers in the gender variable. Additionally, the study revealed that teachers exhibited high levels of organisational trust. The level of organisational trust demonstrated by teachers does not appear to vary according to variables such as professional seniority or career level. However, significant differences were identified in favour of male teachers in the gender variable of organisational trust. Furthermore, the correlation between teachers' psychological climate and organisational trust is statistically significant, with a positive, linear, and strong relationship. In this study, psychological climate was found to be the least related to trust in colleagues and the most related to trust in the manager. Organizational trust can be explained by 54.3% of the change in psychological climate.

Keywords

• Psychological climate
• organizational trust
• teachers

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Ethical Statement

Ethical permission was obtained from Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee (Decision Date: 06/11/2023; Decision Number: 258497) for this research.

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