The relationship between organizational climate and teacher's job performance in a secondary school in Sarawak / Agnes Jitus Henry Ta-O

The purpose of the study was to identify the relationship between organizational climate and teachers’ job performance. The study was conducted in one secondary school in Padawan District. Data were collected by using questionnaires technique. The questionnaires was distributed to all teachers in the school using simple random sampling. A number of 120 questionnaires were distributed to teachers respondents and a number of 101 were returned and only 92 completed, and usable questionnaires were used for data analysis. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistic. The findings showed that, in terms of organizational climate’s dimension, hindrance was the most dominant climate as perceived by teachers. The findings also revealed that aloofness and thrust showed a significant relationship with teachers’ job performance. Nevertheless, there was no relationship between teachers’ academic qualification with teachers’ job performance. The findings have implication for the role of the principal to enhance their leadership behaviour in order to create a healthy organization climate. Based on the findings, this study also provide several recommendations for improvement of practices and future research.