Relationship among Philosophy of Education of Directors and Organizational Climate in Physical Education Department and Colleges in Iran

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship among physical education deans and department head's educational philosophy and organizational climate in the universities of Iran. The samples of the study contained 63 directors and 185 faculties. The instruments utilized were Wiles and Bondi, philosophy preferences assessment questionnaire that was completed by the directors and Susman and Deep organizational climate questionnaires which was completed by the faculty members. The findings revealed that: The most important philosophy within the directors in 22 of the departments and colleges was Exprimentalism (33/6±3/51) and the lowest was Idealism (26/9±3/93). The average score organizational climate in physical education climate was (43/2±11/47) and the highest score related to physical education department in Ardabil University (55/4). The study failed to find a significant relationship between philosophies of education and organizational climate and its subscales at P<0/05.