ON THE ETIOLOGY OF CLIMATES
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Personnel Psychology
- Vol. 36 (1) , 19-39
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.1983.tb00500.x
Abstract
A review of some of the conceptual and methodological progress that has been made in the area of climate research is presented. A discussion of current thinking on the etiology of climates follows, and an integrative conceptual scheme is developed. This perspective is based on Mead's (1934) symbolic interactionism as the process through which individuals come to attach meaning to events. Implications of this approach to the etiology of climates are discussed with respect to measurement issues, the management of climate acquisition in organizations, and the change and development of climates over time.Keywords
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