İletişim İklimi ile Psikolojik Sermaye Arasındaki İlişkinin İncelenmesi
Relationship Between Communication Climate and Psychological Capital

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this study is to emphasize therelationship between communication, which is an indispensable element for organizations in a challenging competitive environment, and the communication climate, which consists of organizational employees' perceptions of the characteristics and quality of communication, with psychological capital levels, which is the subjective well-being of individuals. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire technique was used to collect data in the study using the predictive co relational screening design. Normality analysis was performed on the obtained data and it was determined that the data were distributed normally. Frequency analysis was used to interpret the demographic information of the participants through normally distributed data, arithmetic mean distribution to determine the communication climate perceptions and psychological capital levels of the participants, correlation analysis to determine the relationship between variables, and standard multiple regression analysis to determine the predictive role between variables. Findings – As a result of the standard multiple regression analysis conducted in the study, it was determined that the sub-dimensions of communication climate, the defensive and supportive communication climate together, significantly predicted the sub-dimensions of psychological capital separately. Discussion – In the light of the results obtained within the scope of the research, it has been determined that there is a significant relationship between the communication climate perceptions of the academic staff working at Atatürk University and the level of their psychological capital. In this context, to be able to develop and increase the level of psychological capital, which expresses the general well-being of the individuals, the importance of the supportive communication climate created in the organization emerges.

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