Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction among high school physical education teachers in Arasbaran region. The study was descriptive-correlation and it was carried out like a survey.
Methodology: The population study included all high school physical education teachers in Arasbaran region (towns of Ahar, Varzaghan, Kaleybar) that were 98 persons. The sampling carried out to the total number of population. In order to collect data, two valid and reliable questionnaires named Organizational Climate Questionnaire (OCQ) Lyle Sussman and Sam Deep (1989) and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (JDI) Vysvky and chrome (1994) were used. The raw data using software (SPSS 20) were analyzed in two parts. In the first section, demographic variables and variables related to the research hypotheses in the tables and descriptive statistics graphs were presented, and in second section of inferential statistics Kolmogorov - Smirnov test, Pearson correlation test, independent t-test and ANOVA were used in order to compare the average of two or several variables.
Results: Research descriptive statistics showed that 62.2 percent of teachers were male and 37.8 percent were female. 49% of teachers had less than 11 years, 37.7 percent between 11-20 years and 17.3 had more than 20 years of service, and 6.1 percent of teachers had an associate's degree, 76.5 percent had a bachelor's degree and 17.3 percent had a master degree. The results suggested that there is a meaningful and positive correlation between organizational climate and job satisfaction (r=0.02، P<0.05). The results of the correlation coefficient between dimensions of organizational climate with job satisfaction dimensions showed that there was a significant positive correlation between satisfaction of rewards, agreement on procedures and effectiveness of communication of organizational climate and job satisfaction.
Discussion: There are difference in terms of gender in the view of physical education teachers in Arasbaran region high schools towards organizational climate but there is no difference in terms of years of service and level of education.