The relations among occupational interests of 42 Assistant Professors (aged 25 to 45 yr., with 2 to 5 yr. of service in a college) to their perceptions of organizational climate, family climate, and self-concept were studied using Fiedler's Group Atmosphere Scale. The t ratios show that the groups with positive and negative occupational interests toward teaching differ significantly in their perceptions of organizational climate, family climate and self-concept. Those with consonance of occupational interest and present occupation had favourable perceptions. Those with dissonance between occupational interest and present occupation had unfavourable perceptions.
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