The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]

In today’s dynamic and competitive business world, a healthy workplace environment makes good business sense. Managers should not just focus on the employees’ salary to enhance employees’ performance as there are many other factors that need to be considered. Organization which is perceived as a pos...

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Main Authors: Hamidi, Nur Najihah Erani, Mansor, Farah Ahlami, Hashim, Mimi Zazira, Muhammad, Norrini, Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35104/
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author Hamidi, Nur Najihah Erani
Mansor, Farah Ahlami
Hashim, Mimi Zazira
Muhammad, Norrini
Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah
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Mansor, Farah Ahlami
Hashim, Mimi Zazira
Muhammad, Norrini
Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah
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description In today’s dynamic and competitive business world, a healthy workplace environment makes good business sense. Managers should not just focus on the employees’ salary to enhance employees’ performance as there are many other factors that need to be considered. Organization which is perceived as a positive place to work will relatively yield a competitive edge. In this study, the researchers focused on the relationship between physical workplace environment and employees’ performance. Several factors of physical workplace environment have been identified by the researchers, namely the office layout, lighting, furniture and equipment of the workplace. Physical office environments may influence the office employees’ well beings where they spend long hours inside the office building. Employees who are well-equipped with workplace environmental support will be highly satisfied and show high level of commitment towards their organization. Better physical workplace environment will boost employees’ performance. Employees are the backbone of any organizations. Employees are influenced to deliver their best performance depending on how well their work environment is. Committed employees who are highly motivated by conducive work environment synergise their time and energy in the pursuit of achieving organizational goals. Therefore, this paper will determine the relationship between physical workplace environment and employees’ performance at government agency in Kedah. Questionnaires was distributed to 100 respondents as the sample size for this study from the total population of 140 employees of different departments and units. The finding of this paper revealed that the lightings is the most leading factor of physical workplace environment that affect the performance of employees. Therefore, the recommendation for this study focused most on the factors of lighting options that can be used by the organization
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spelling uitm-351042020-10-13T07:22:07Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35104/ The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.] jcssr Hamidi, Nur Najihah Erani Mansor, Farah Ahlami Hashim, Mimi Zazira Muhammad, Norrini Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah Labor. Work environment Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects. Performance Leisure and work Work ethic In today’s dynamic and competitive business world, a healthy workplace environment makes good business sense. Managers should not just focus on the employees’ salary to enhance employees’ performance as there are many other factors that need to be considered. Organization which is perceived as a positive place to work will relatively yield a competitive edge. In this study, the researchers focused on the relationship between physical workplace environment and employees’ performance. Several factors of physical workplace environment have been identified by the researchers, namely the office layout, lighting, furniture and equipment of the workplace. Physical office environments may influence the office employees’ well beings where they spend long hours inside the office building. Employees who are well-equipped with workplace environmental support will be highly satisfied and show high level of commitment towards their organization. Better physical workplace environment will boost employees’ performance. Employees are the backbone of any organizations. Employees are influenced to deliver their best performance depending on how well their work environment is. Committed employees who are highly motivated by conducive work environment synergise their time and energy in the pursuit of achieving organizational goals. Therefore, this paper will determine the relationship between physical workplace environment and employees’ performance at government agency in Kedah. Questionnaires was distributed to 100 respondents as the sample size for this study from the total population of 140 employees of different departments and units. The finding of this paper revealed that the lightings is the most leading factor of physical workplace environment that affect the performance of employees. Therefore, the recommendation for this study focused most on the factors of lighting options that can be used by the organization Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Kelantan 2020-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35104/1/35104.pdf Hamidi, Nur Najihah Erani and Mansor, Farah Ahlami and Hashim, Mimi Zazira and Muhammad, Norrini and Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah (2020) The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]. (2020) Journal of Contemporary Social Science Research <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Contemporary_Social_Science_Research.html>, 4 (1). pp. 56-67. ISSN 0128-2697 http://jcssr.com.my/
spellingShingle Labor. Work environment
Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects. Performance
Leisure and work
Work ethic
Hamidi, Nur Najihah Erani
Mansor, Farah Ahlami
Hashim, Mimi Zazira
Muhammad, Norrini
Wan Azib, Wan Nor Hazimah
The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title_full The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title_fullStr The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title_short The Relationship between Physical Workplace Environment and Employees' Performance / Nur Najihah Erani Hamidi ...[et al.]
title_sort relationship between physical workplace environment and employees' performance / nur najihah erani hamidi ...[et al.]
topic Labor. Work environment
Theory. Method. Relation to other subjects. Performance
Leisure and work
Work ethic
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35104/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/35104/