The relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction with mental health of Shiraz university staff in 2014

Mental health is regarded as one of the most efficacious factors in human promotion and development. Whereas organizational climate which there is in all aspects of the organization with Job satisfaction influence the mental health of staff. The present research was performed to determine the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction with mental health in Shiraz University staff.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study. Of Shiraz university staff, 200 individuals were selected based on Cochran’s formula and by simple random sampling. Data were collected using organizational climate questionnaires of Haplin and Croft, job satisfaction questionnaire of Brifield and Worth, and mental health questionnaire (GHQ-28). Data analysis was performed by SPSS version 16 statistical software using, Pearson’s correlation test and multiple regression.
Our results showed that there is a significant correlation between organizational climate and job satisfaction with mental health of staff (P=0.001). Moreover, the mental health of staff is predictable by organizational climate and job satisfaction (P=0.001).
In consideration of our result and importance of organizational climate and job satisfaction in mental health of staff, it can be suggested that authorities should plan to develop and implement programs to increase the rate of job satisfaction and improve the organizational climate.