86 THE STUDY OF THE RELATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL ATMOSPHERE AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AMONG FACULTY MEMBERS IN COLLEGES IN DEHRADUN Dr. Amar Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor, IMS Unison University, Dehradun, e-mail: amrs2310@gmail.com ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is the study the relation between organizational atmosphere and commitment. It is done by descriptive – scaling method. This research statistical universe includes all faculty members of management and technology in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Sample volume was estimated 111 people and simple random sampling method was used to collect sample. The research data were gathered using two questionnaires organizational atmosphere and commitment. For estimation of the questionnaires’ reliability Cronbach Alfa coefficient was used and found to be 0.859 for organizational atmosphere and 0.814 for organizational commitment. For the gathered data analysis, Principal component method, Karl Pearson’s correlation coefficient and independent sample t test were used. Result showed that there is a positive and meaningful relation between the dimensions of organizational atmosphere and commitment. Keywords: Organizational Atmosphere, Organizational Commitment INTRODUCTION The last decade has witnessed mushrooming growth of professional institutions in management education. While this has spread management education in every nook and corner of this nation, there is no denial that the quality of education has taken a nadir. Teachers are important pillars of the educational system of any nation. They are considered to be the Nation Builders. Teachers play a basic and dynamic role in the educational system. It is said that good performance of students depends upon effective teaching of their teachers. To perform such a heavy task they have to be physically, mentally, economically and socially balanced. Only then can they provide an effective teaching and learning process. Recent research in the field of education reflects that though the quality, qualification and competency in teachers are showing upward trends, they are not being able to discharge their duties in a right manner or effectively. While several reasons can be attributed for this anomaly; one major reason is the sharp decline in their sense of belongingness. Job attrition, retrenchment, job hopping has consequently increased in manifold ways. Students as a result, are the most affected individuals. Hence, it is crucial to determine the factor that has influence in teacher’s organizational commitment. One factor that might influence teacher’s organizational commitment and subsequently job performance is organizational atmosphere. Every member in his work environment hopes to come across suitable organizational atmosphere in order to desirably meet his economic, social and psychological requirement. It is in suitable condition and atmosphere that efficiency increases. Unsuitable atmosphere leads to the decrease in effective communication, mutual understanding and mutual trust. The result is undue stress in the environment and decreased organizational commitment. In recent years, several studies have been done world-wide on Organizational Atmosphere and organizational commitment regarding the contents and structures of these phenomena, their relationships to other phenomena, their necessity for Job Involvement, good / bad organizational performance, etc. However there is a dearth of empirical studies in India on the said subject. The present study, as such, is an attempt to identify the dimensions of organizational atmosphere, measure the various dimensions as perceived by faculty members and to find the impact of various dimensions on organizational commitment.