Office Clutter or Meaningful Personal Displays: The Role of Office Personalization in Employee and Organizational Well-Being

Wells, Meredith

doi:10.1006/jevp.1999.0166

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“…It is often assumed that employees who are more satisfied with the physical environment are more likely to produce better work outcomes (Lee, 2006) and this is therefore, an important key performance indicator for organisations. Given that workplace satisfaction is associated with job satisfaction (Sundstrom et al, 1994;Wells, 2000;Leather et al, 2003) this appears to be a reasonable assumption.…”

Section: Indoor Environmental Quality and Productivitymentioning

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Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality

Smith

Pitt²

2011

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Section: Indoor Environmental Quality and Productivitymentioning

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Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality

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“…Such studies offer the possibility of including both direct and indirect effects. Wells (2000), for example, found that the ability to personalise one's work area was positively related to environmental satisfaction, which in turn positively influenced job satisfaction and employee well-being. Similarly, in his study using the PWESQ, Carlopio (1996) found that satisfaction with the physical environment and job satisfaction both related to organisational commitment (positively) and intent to turnover (negatively).…”

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A model of satisfaction with open-plan office conditions: COPE field findings

Veitch

Charles

Farley

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Journal of Environmental Psychology

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/npsi/ctrl?lang=en http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/ctrl?lang=fr Access and use of this website and the material on it are subject to the Terms and Conditions set forth at http://nparc.cisti-icist.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/npsi/jsp/nparc_cp.jsp?lang=en NRC Publications Archive Archives des publications du CNRCThis publication could be one of several versions: author's original, accepted manuscript or the publisher's version. / La version de cette publication peut être l'une des suivantes : la version prépublication de l'auteur, la version acceptée du manuscrit ou la version de l'éditeur. For the publisher's version, please access the DOI link below./ Pour consulter la version de l'éditeur, utilisez le lien DOI ci-dessous.http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.jenvp.2007.04.002 Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 3, pp. 177-189, 2007-09-01 A version of this document is published in / Une version de ce document se trouve dans: Journal of Environmental Psychology, v. 27, no. 3, Sept. 2007, pp. 177-189 doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2007 The material in this document is covered by the provisions of the Copyright Act, by Canadian laws, policies, regulations and international agreements. Such provisions serve to identify the information source and, in specific instances, to prohibit reproduction of materials without written permission. AbstractThis paper describes the factor structure of an office environmental satisfaction measure and develops a model linking environmental and job satisfaction. The data were collected as part of the Cost-effective Open-Plan Environments (COPE) project, in a field study that also included local physical measurements of each participant's workstation. The questionnaire was administered to 779 open-plan office occupants from nine government and private sector office buildings in five large Canadian and US cities. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the 18-item environmental satisfaction measure formed a three-factor structure reflecting satisfaction with: privacy/acoustics, lighting, and ventilation/temperature. Structural equation modelling indicated that openplan office occupants who were more satisfied with their environments were also more satisfied with their jobs, suggesting a role for the physical environment in organizational well-being and effectiveness.

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“…Previous studies have clearly indicated a relationship between the social and physical work environment and employees' well-being, satisfaction, and interactions, along with job performance and creativity (Carlopio & Gardner, 1992;Karlsson, Wijk, & Bänziger, 2011;McCoy, 2003;Niemelä, Rautio, Hannula, & Reijula, 2002;Samani, Rasid, & Sofian, 2017b;Thatcher & Milner, 2012;Ulrich, 1991;Veitch, 2011;Wells, 2000;Xanthopoulou, Bakker, & Ilies, 2012). This mutual relationship and interaction between individuals and their work environment-action and reaction- (Edwards, Caplan, & Van Harrison, 1998) means that employees' seek an appropriate work environment that fulfills their needs for safety, hygiene, accessibility, comfort, privacy, etc.…”

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The impact of environmental design on employee performance at PNPI Group

Samani¹,

Eskandari²,

Zadeh³

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Glob Bus Org Exc

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| INTRODUCTIONVarious elements have an impact on the physical work environment. These include indoor lighting, the color of walls and furnishing, the level of privacy, opportunities for outside viewing, furnishings, and plants. Those elements also directly affect the people who work in and visit those settings. Studies have shown that well-designed environments make people feel happy and energized, while those that are poorly designed have the opposite effect. An understanding of the relationship between environmental design and residents' behavior and outcomes can help designers and architects improve interior designs for better performance in offices, schools, universities, and other environments where people gather and work, as well as highlight to managers the value of attention to such details (Hoff & Öberg, 2015;Luck, 2004;Samani, Rasid, & Sofian, 2014).The physical aspects of employees' work environments have been shown to affect their job satisfaction, as well as performance and other outcomes (Baron, 2013; Collett & Furnham, 2013;Lee & Guerin, 2009;Oldham, Kulik, & Stepina, 1991;Roelofsen, 2002;Samani, Rasid, & Sofian, 2017b;Veitch, 2011;Vischer, 2007b). In general, workers' performance, work-related behavior, job and environmental satisfaction, motivation, and well-being at work will be affected by how well they feel they fit into their work environment (Hwang & Kim, 2013). In terms of work-related behavior, both job and environmental satisfaction are considered key indicators of performance in a work environment (Samani, Rasid, & Sofian, 2017a;Truxillo, Cadiz, Rineer, Zaniboni, & Fraccaroli, 2012). Therefore, they are critical to the success of an organization.Environmental satisfaction occurs in settings where individuals feel that their expectations and basic needs are being met (Lee, 2006). Employees within an organization typically need to adjust their own needs and requirements to the environmental features and ambient condition of the workplace in order to control the use of space and to create personal space that will enhance their productivity (Boerstra, Beuker, Loomans, & Hensen, 2013;Brager, Paliaga, & De Dear, 2004;Lee & Brand, 2010;Samani, Rasid, & Sofian, 2015a). Psychologists have generally found job satisfaction and positive organizational outcome to be the two main consequences of a suitable work environment. Prior studies have examined the direct relationships among the physical variables of the work environment and employees' comfort, behavior, and satisfaction with both the work environment and their job. These include studies on the effect of air quality and thermal comfort on employee satisfaction and productivity (Höppe & Martinac, 1998;Huizenga, Abbaszadeh, Zagreus, & Arens, 2006;Tanabe, Haneda, & Nishihara, 2015), the influence of office lighting strategies on employees' satisfaction and productivity (Katzev, 1992;Newsham, Brand, Donnelly, Veitch, Aries, & Charles, 2009), acoustic satisfaction (Haque & Anwar, 2012;Navai & Veitch, 2003), and the effect of the work environment o...

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Office Clutter or Meaningful Personal Displays: The Role of Office Personalization in Employee and Organizational Well-Being

Cited by 212 publications

References 21 publications

Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality

Healthy workplaces: plantscaping for indoor environmental quality

A model of satisfaction with open-plan office conditions: COPE field findings

The impact of environmental design on employee performance at PNPI Group

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