The effect of organizational climate and job stress on deviant behaviors in the workplace with the mediating role of job satisfaction

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Instructor, Department of Management, University of Applied Sciences of Farsan Center, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

2 Bachelor's student, preschool teacher training, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Farsan Center, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran Somieh Amirian

3 Bachelor's student, management, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Farsan Center, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

4 Bachelor's student, cultural management, Comprehensive University of Applied Sciences, Farsan Center, Farsan, Iran

5 Employee, University of Applied Sciences, Shahrekord, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Iran

10.30473/jpsy.2025.72671.1079

Abstract

The current study was to investigate the effect of organizational climate and job stress on deviant behaviors in the workplace with the mediating role of job satisfaction. The present study was applied in terms of its purpose and descriptive in terms of correlational data collection. The statistical population of this research was all employees of the universities of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, whose number was 2255 people. According to the size of each region, a sample size of 600 people was selected using Cochran's formula, and the sample was selected using a stratified sampling method proportional to the size of each region. The floor was selected.The research tools were Yulivan's occupational stress questionnaire (2012), Th and Hiyart's organizational climate questionnaire (2011), Tsoi et al.'s job satisfaction questionnaire (2011) and Robinson and Bennett's (1995) deviant behavior questionnaire in the workplace. The validity of the questionnaires is based on content validity. , form and structure were examined and after the necessary terms validity was confirmed and on the other hand the reliability of the questionnaires was estimated by Cronbach's alpha method as 0.88, 0.88, 0.90 and 0.90 respectively and the analysis Data l including structural equation modeling. The results of the research showed that organizational climate had a negative and significant effect on deviant behaviors in the work environment, and the coefficient of this effect was -0.55, and job stress had a positive and significant effect on deviant behaviors in the work environment, which the coefficient of this effect was 0.52

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