Psychological Researches in Management

Psychological Researches in Management

The effect of organizational climate on informal workplace learning with the mediating role of teachers' psychological capital

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Farshid Aslani 1
Marziyeh Malekiha 2
Atefeh Heshmat Zadeh 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, counseling Department, Humanistic Faculty Hazrat-e Masoumeh University, Qom, Iran
3 M.A., Department of Public Management, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/jom.2023.703853
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of organizational climate on informal learning of teachers in Fereydunshahr city through the mediation of psychological capital. The present research is applied in terms of purpose and is one of the descriptive-survey researches. The statistical population of the present study consists of 686 teachers in Fereydunshahr city. For example, using Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample number was estimated to be 244 people. The research instrument consists of three standard questionnaires of informal learning of Hong et al. (2020) which has 18 questions, the atmosphere bar questionnaire of Johnson et al. (2007) which has 21 questions and the psychological capital questionnaire of Lutans et al. (2007) which has 24 questions. In the present study, two methods of face and content validity have been used and Cronbach's alpha of 0.88 has been used to evaluate the reliability. The collected data were analyzed based on structural equation path analysis with Smsrt PLS software and Sobel test. The results showed that the organizational climate had a positive and significant effect on informal learning in the workplace with the mediating role of psychological capital.
Keywords
Informal learning
Organizational climate
Psychological capital
School climate
Teachers

Subjects

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Psychological Researches in Management
Volume 9, Issue 1
March 2023
Pages 31-53