Lifelong Learn. 2015, 5, 8-29

https://doi.org/10.11118/lifele201505038

Research on Organizational Climate of the Faculties Providing Teacher Training

Helena Grecmanová, Miroslav Dopita

Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Filozofická fakulta, Katedra sociologie, andragogiky a kulturní antropologie, tř. Svobody 26, 779 00 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received May 27, 2015
Accepted July 7, 2015

This contribution focuses on the organizational climate of universities and their facultiepp. After providing theoretical background for the topic of organizational climate and description of research realized abroad and its methods, the development itself of the tools for research on perception of the organizational climate of faculties providing teacher training by the academic workers is introduced. It is represented by a concept of three versions of a questionnaire and one sheet of semi-structured interview. Research tools are characterized and their specifications are provided. For illustration purposes, descriptions and interpretations of results of realized research at three faculties are provided. Because of the nature of the topic the results cannot be compared. Data gathered during this phase of the research do not enable to define standardpp. Descriptive statistics therefore represent the basis for the interpretation. Process of lifelong learning and education is applied also in the university environment as one of the factors influencing the organizational climate at the workplacepp. Concerning the academic workers lifelong learning and education is implicitly expected.