A GALILEO ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL-CLIMATE

This article attempts to (a) establish a conceptual framework for clim ate research, (b) develop a research scheme based on this conceptual g round, and (c) examine the relationship between communication and the convergence of views regarding organizational climate. University faci lity members comprise the sample for this study (N = 105). Using the G alileo multidimensional scaling model, a description of the faculty cl imate at a university is presented, as well as comparisons between the climates of groups of faculty. There is a substantial correlation bet ween a person's attitude and his or her perception of the relation of others toward those same concepts. Faculty members who communicate mor e with their colleagues report less psychological distance between the mselves and the university. In addition, an individual's climate space becomes move similar to the space of the group with whom he or she ma intains denser communication ties as compared with the space of the gr oup with whom he or she maintains less dense ties.