EXAMINING THE EFFECT OF DIVERSITY CLIMATE PERCEPTION ON ORGANIZATIONAL IDENTIFICATION: A RESEARCH ON KONYA ORGANIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONE

Abstract

This article is designed on the question, “to what extend does the diversity climate affect the levels of organizational
identification of employess?”. Within the framework of this basic question, it is aimed to determine the effect of employees’
perception of diversity climate on organizational identification levels. for this purpose a survey based quantitive research was
applied in konya organized industrial zone. With the purposive sampling method 260 questionnaires were collected from
employees operating in the region and analyzed with SPSS 22.0. As a result of the linear regression analysis, it was determined
that the diversity climate perception has a positive and statistically significant effect on the level of organizational identification,
in addition the perception of respect for differences, group belonging and integrity and management and group support
perceptions, which are the sub-dimensions of diversity climate perception, have a positive and statistically significant effect on
the level of organizational identification.