This study aimed to determine the dimensions of organizational climate within four- and five-star hotels and to assess whether these dimensions vary significantly across hotels. Jones and James’s climate survey was shortened, modified to incorporate the psychometric improvements of Ryder and Southey, and tailored for specific use within hotels. The survey was administered to 1,401 employees from 14 hotels and provided a high index of reliability (α = .959). From items representing 35 a priori concepts, principal components analysis identified seven dimensions, which were labeled leader facilitation and support; professional and organizational esprit; conflict and ambiguity; regulations, organization, and pressure; job variety, challenge, and autonomy; job standards; and workgroup cooperation, friendliness, and warmth. Univariate analyses found each of the dimensions to vary significantly across the 14 hotels (p <. 00005).
This paper considers the relationship between corporate cultures and measures of organisational climate. It suggests that the Jones and James (1979) climate questionnaire is a useful instrument which provides insights at the individual, sub unit and organisational levels of analysis A factor analysis of a modified version administered to 147 public sector employees confirmed stable dimensions of leader facilitation and support, workgroup cooperation, organisational esprit, and job characteristics. The approach presents the potential to map changes in corporate cultures in further research applications.
Two general forms of model for response latency in the yes/no signal detection task are described and their predictions examined in the light of experimental data. One model supposes a latency function along the detection axis and the other supposes that a count is made of multiple observations. Experiment I looks at the auditory detection situation with short observation interval, but the results are generally equivocal, although the latency function model gives a simpler interpretation. Other results are then discussed, particularly those of Gescheider et al (1969), and it is concluded that an attempt must be made to replicate the results of Carterette et al (1965) for the extended observation interval detection experiment. This is achieved in Experiment II, and the obtained order of mean latencies is then examined in terms of the models. The counting model appears by far the more suitable for this situation.
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