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The impact of environmental design on employee performance at PNPI Group
Author(s) -
Samani Sanaz Ahmadpoor,
Eskandari Alireza,
Zadeh Farahnaz Orojali,
Samani Jamshid Ebrahimpoor
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
global business and organizational excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.227
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1932-2062
pISSN - 1932-2054
DOI - 10.1002/joe.21841
Subject(s) - multinational corporation , feeling , work (physics) , business , work environment , control (management) , operations management , marketing , psychology , applied psychology , work performance , computer science , engineering , social psychology , business administration , mechanical engineering , finance , artificial intelligence
A study to investigate the effect of environmental design on employees’ performance focused on two newly reconfigured offices of Padideh Novien Pasargard Iranian Group, a multinational trading company in Tehran. The introduction of partitions in previously open‐plan workspaces gave workers more control over various ambient conditions and enabled them to personalize their individual workstations. The results of a research questionnaire administered after the redesign show that employees’ satisfaction with the work environment and their well‐being improved by 10% and their sense of feeling creative and productive improved by 7%. In line with previous research on the impact of environmental conditions on employees’ outlook and performance, the results of this study underscore the value of attention to employees’ opinions and concerns when designing their work environments.