The academic performance of university students in the area of psychology: Relations with the organizational climate

Abstract

The research was oriented to identify the relationship between the academic performance of students in the area of psychology in a public university of Colombia and the workplace environment. A correlational and descriptive methodology was developed, with a transactional and non-experimental field scheme. The population nucleus consisted of four (4) managers, fifteen (15) teachers and seventy-nine (79) students. As an instrument, the study used the survey and three closed questionnaires,with a Lickert type scale, composed of 51 items. The results allowed to determine that the studied variables: workplace environment and academic performance within the university selected for the study are closely linked, teachers, students and managers coincide in some aspects and differ in others. As a conclusion, there are tensions in the workplace environment as a consequence of the managerial styles. The implementation of a set of strategies aimed at improving the working environment conditions and hence, the academic performance of the students is thus recommended.

Keywords

• Clima organizacional
• rendimiento académico
• estudiantes universitarios
• área de psicología.