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Organizational climate in air traffic control Innovative preparedness for implementation of new technology and organizational development in a rule governed organization.

Arvidsson M, Johansson CR, Ek A, Akselsson R

Department of Psychology/Work and Organizational Psychology Division, Lund University, P.O. Box 213, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden. marcus.arvidsson@psychology.lu.se

A positive and innovative organizational climate is of great importance in order to manage and adapt to change. Such a climate seldom evolves in organizations closely governed by rules and regulations. Because of ongoing organizational and technical changes within the Swedish Air Navigation Services Provider, a study concerning the organizational climate for changes and innovations was conducted to investigate the organization's capacity to cope with changes. Study locations were the two Swedish main air traffic control centers and parts of the civil aviation administration headquarters. In the study 390 subjects took part and the CCQ questionnaire was used to measure the organizational climate. The results show that the organizational climate is quite positive despite the rule-governed work. The results also show that administrative personnel assess the organizational climate as more positive than operative personnel. Comparisons between management positions did not result in any differences.

Published 12 December 2005 in Appl Ergon, 37(2): 119-29.
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