The Relationships between Organizational Climate, Innovative Behavior and Job Performance of Teachers

Organizational climate (OC) is important in creating the essential conditions to ensure high job performance (JP) of teachers and encourage them to show innovative behavior (IB) in both classrooms and school-wide. High JP can be observed for teachers as a result of suitable OC and IB. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationships between the OC characterized by support, cohesion, fairness and pressure, JP and IB of teachers. The study sample consisted of 398 primary and secondary school teachers working at the Adana province of Turkey. Three scales related to OC, JP and IB were used to collect data. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was performed to analyze the effects of OC on IB and JP as well as the effect of IB on JP. According to the findings; OCs characterized by support, fairness and pressure had effects on the JP of teachers. OCs characterized by support and pressure had effects on the IB of teachers and the IB of teachers had an effect on JP of teachers.