Organizational climate and its dimensions : a case study of OneVet Group S.A

• Autor(a) principal: Caetano, Laura Mariana Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/31362
• topic: Organizational climate; Dimensions; Veterinary sector; Clima organizacional; Dimensões; Setor veterinário; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão

Nowadays organizations deem human capital as a decisive element that has a direct influence on the quality of their provided services/products. One of the sustaining pillars of a healthy, safe and prosperous working environment is linked to employee well-being, considered a major focus within the Human Resources area. From that point of view, it is important that organizations understand the power that employees have on the determination of the organization future success. The following investigation was carried out while performing a curricular internship, and aims to describe, through a study case, the organizational climate subject and its dimensions of corporate strategy, leadership, team work, job involvement, motivation and training, within a specific organization of the veterinary sector called OneVet Group S.A. It is also intended to investigate the perception that OneVet Group employees have upon the previously mentioned dimensions, as well as presenting proposals for improvement that optimise the organization growth. “longside the understanding of OneVet Group’s organizational characteristics and management, a questionnaire was administered and several interviews were performed, according to a mixed method research paradigm (qualitative and quantitative). It was verified that, from the employees’ perspective, team work dimension is considered positive whilst training dimension is seen as an undervalued element. All obtained results and main conclusions are strictly connected to the observed and reported reality.