An Overview of the Influence of Physical Office Environments Towards Employee

Kamarulzaman, N.; Saleh, Abd. Latif; Hashim, S.Z.; Hashim, Haslina; Abdulghani, Abdullah J. Al

doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.164

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“…Cell offices are generally found to be satisfactory, while open-plan offices often demonstrate inferior results (e.g., Bodin-Danielsson & Bodin, 2008;Kim & de Dear, 2013). Although open office environments are assumed to be beneficial for communication, they are consistently associated with several drawbacks, such as distraction, lack of privacy, insufficient storage space, and a poor indoor climate (e.g., Brennan, Chugh, & Kline, 2002;Kamarulzaman, Saleh, Hashim, Hashim, & Abdul-Ghani, 2011;Kim & de Dear, 2013;Sanoff, 1985). These effects differ between small open plan offices (also known as team offices) and larger open plan offices (Bodin-Danielsson & Bodin, 2008).…”

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Employee Satisfaction With the Physical Work Environment: The Importance of a Need Based Approach

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Appel‐Meulenbroek

Kemperman

et al. 2018

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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Employee satisfaction is pivotal for companies as it enhances perceived productivity and organizational performance. Office concepts and their workspaces can affect employee satisfaction. However, these effects are still ambiguous, particularly regarding the activity-based concept. Therefore, in this study employee satisfaction with the work environment is investigated from a holistic approach. The effects of both personal characteristics and workspaces used by the employee on work environment satisfaction are described and measured, including mediating effects of the perceived importance of employee needs. Data was collected using an online questionnaire among 327 employees of 13 knowledge-based organizations. Path analysis was used to determine the direct and indirect effects of personal variables, environmental variables and perceived importance of needs on satisfaction. It demonstrated that both personal and environmental variables affect satisfaction, and that a considerable number of these effects are indirect through the perceived importance of needs. In particular, the effects of used workspaces were extensive.

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Employee Satisfaction With the Physical Work Environment: The Importance of a Need Based Approach

Budie

Appel‐Meulenbroek

Kemperman

et al. 2018

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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“…Such factors include the general atmosphere within the office space, lighting, and light usage, the suitable degree of temperature, air quality, and the colors used for decoration. Research has proven that all of these factors directly influence the satisfaction level of employees (N. Kamarulzaman, 2011). Such factors include lighting used for decoration, working with different ceiling heights which negatively affects working, clarity in the work environment, and also the interrelations among personnel within the workplace (Greg R. Oldham, 1983).…”

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Understanding Corporate Identity in the Office of Automotive Business in Bangkok through Building Users and Design Professionals

Sirijansawang

Upala

2017

E-BPJ

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The objective of this research is to investigate and understand the difference in physical factors that contribute to cooperate identity which can influence the perception of building users inside five automotive business offices in Bangkok in order to compare the perception level between groups of office building users and design professionals with some evaluations on the physical factors within the offices. The conclusion showed different approaches to interior design that can shape corporate identity and affect the actual building users. IntroductionVisible corporate identity in the physical environment not only plays a significant part in the overall aesthetics but also reflects the cooperate image that can support work values and strongly contribute to credibility management. The identity can also indicate the efficiency in the management peculiar to the company within the automotive businesses (Edmund R. Gray and John M.T. Balmer, 1998). The office environment that incorporates the concept of corporate identity in its designs shall give rise to outstanding, beautiful, and unique area compartmentalization. What's more, the business identity in a safe office environment can denote specific characteristics, capability, and the overall efficiency of employees and personnel within that organization. The corporate identity can practically be seen from the various physical factors such as light factors, colors used for decoration, style of furniture, styles of decoration, area shapes, area continuity, wall decorations and graphic works as well as the use of interior decoration materials in the office space. All these essential physical components can be used to show corporate identity as well as catch the general perception of employees within the organization along with all other parties relevant to the company's image --whether positively or negatively. The perception level, however, will largely depend on the quality and communication within the particular environment (Seyed, 2014).This research focuses on the investigation of perception level of physical factors denoting corporate identity between a group of office building users and a group of design professionals who also represent non-members of outsiders to the organization. The two teams will play important roles in the evaluation of the perception of eight physical factors used to communicate corporate identity. Note that these factors are variables from the previous research. These factors can relate and reflect corporate identity within an automotive business office. And in this research, we will also examine the roles they have on the perception level of building users and all other relevant individuals to the particular business.Hence, in this research, the author aims to uncover the relevant and pertinent issues, in particular on the perception level of physical factors denoting corporate identity among direct building users and from the viewpoints of design professionals, and in particular, on the user's satisfaction or any suggestion and...

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“…Furthermore, the user satisfaction criterion is interconnected with the comfort criterion in sustainable building assessment tools. User satisfaction can be considered as an important indicator that measures the success of the organization in productivity and performance (Kamarulzaman et al, 2011). The rationale is based on rising the level of satisfaction which enhances morale and reduces voluntary turnover.…”

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Enhancing staff's satisfaction with comfort toward productivity by sustainable Open Plan Office Design

Shafaghat

Keyvanfar

Ferwati

et al. 2015

Sustainable Cities and Society

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An Overview of the Influence of Physical Office Environments Towards Employee

Cited by 119 publications

References 23 publications

Employee Satisfaction With the Physical Work Environment: The Importance of a Need Based Approach

Employee Satisfaction With the Physical Work Environment: The Importance of a Need Based Approach

Understanding Corporate Identity in the Office of Automotive Business in Bangkok through Building Users and Design Professionals

Enhancing staff's satisfaction with comfort toward productivity by sustainable Open Plan Office Design

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