The Relationship Between the Values Modeled by Superior and Organizational Climate as Perceived by the Employees of Organization XYZ

Abstract

The need for leaders to serve as a role model to their subordinates have been emphasized by various authors. Even in the Filipino setting, the leader, being an authority figure needs to be the gabay or guide to his subordinates. As a leader, he is considered an expert and an initiator of action. It is essential for him to become aware of how his modeling serves as a standard for behavior of his subordinates. A leader’s role modeling is also shown to affect the climate in an organization. Various studies have led to the conclusion that organizational climate has an impact on the employees of an organization. That is, the more positive the organizational climate, the more productive the workers. On this context the study is drawn. This paper seeks to establish the relationship between the modeling of the superior and organizational climate. In particular, it is concerned with the modelling of Filipino values by the superior and how it is related with the Filipino values present in the organizational climate. The underlying question being: Considering the role of a leader as a model or gabay, are the values of the organizational climate reflective of the values modeled by the superior? For the purpose of this study, a government uniformed personnel organization was chosen. The respondent belong to the Central Division of this organization (labeled as Organization XYZ in this paper). A total of 83 or about 92% of the whole subordinate population or Organization XYZ (Central Division) were surveyed. Random sampling was utilized in conducting the survey. Ranking and percentage were used in the descriptive analysis of the values of both the superior and the organizational climate. However, in order to address the main problem of this study, the chi-square test was used to determine the relationship between the two variables. After analyzing and interpreting the data gathered, the researcher came to the conclusion that there is a significant difference in the values of the superior and the organizational climate. In other words, the values of the latter are not reflective of the values modeled by the superior. Therefore, it can be deduced that there are still other factors that remain to be considered to determine the values in an organization’s climate.