Workplace environment and productivity : employees' reaction towards the quality of physical environment in rented Saudi workplaces

Abstract EN

Research concerned with enhancing productivity in workplaces has considered physical environment as a key issue.

Recent trends in workplace design always call for the need to use physical environment as a tool to encourage productivity.

Due to the growing evidence which relates physical environment with productivity, this paper examines employees' satisfaction with their physical environment in five rented Saudi workplaces.

The research is prompted by the need to demonstrate to Saudi governmental organizations that the existing situation of rented workplaces does not provide employees with enough support to perform their jobs effectively.

Results out of five rented workplaces belonging to Municipality of Makkah revealed some dissatisfaction of different staff groups with nine important aspects of physical environment in workplaces.

Satisfaction with Privacy, services and workspace area were found to be the strongest predictors of overall workplace satisfaction (OWS).

Moreover, employees considered satisfaction with these predictors as important factors to achieve productivity.