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Cognitive climate and organizations
Author(s) -
Kirton M. J.,
McCarthy R. M.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1988.tb00281.x
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , personality , interpersonal communication , coping (psychology) , social psychology , organisation climate , cohesion (chemistry) , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry , neuroscience
It is argued that the identification of similarities in preferred ways of working and associated personality characteristics within occupational groups constitutes a ‘cognitive climate’ within the overall organizational climate. The empirical evidence for this hypothesis is reviewed, together with studies which examine the effects of inferred forces which act on the individual who finds him/herself in an ‘alien’ cognitive climate: selective recruitment and turnover; reported pressures and coping behaviour; interpersonal clashes. The implications of cognitive fit with regard to team functioning, tolerance and cohesion are discussed.