MEASURING THE INFLUENCE OF WORKPLACE DESIGN ON JOB SATISFACTION AND PERCEIVED PRODUCTIVITY: A RESEARCH ON UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES

Abstract

Employee job satisfaction and productivity of employees are so crucial for companies since many years. Both of them may either lead to higher performance, increased profit or lower performance, increased turnover rate and etc. That’s why, understanding the antecedents of both job satisfaction and productivity, and exploring the influence of those antecedents on job satisfaction and productivity have been important research areas since many years. According to the literature, workplace design is one of the most important factors affecting job satisfaction and productivity of employees. The aim of this study is to measure the impact of workplace design (office layout and physical environment) on job satisfaction and perceived employee productivity by means of structural equation modeling in a public university and to suggest strategies. The research was conducted on employees of Bursa Uludağ University. Face-to-face questionnaire was used as the data collection method. Convenience sampling was chosen as the sampling method. 290 surveys were confirmed for testing the model. Research findings indicate that two dimensions of workplace design were found to have influences on job satisfaction and job satisfaction was found to have an important influence on perceived productivity of employees.

Keywords

• Workplace Design
• Job Satisfaction
• Perceived Productivity
• University Employees
• PLS-SEM

İŞYERİ TASARIMININ İŞ TATMİNİ VE ALGILANAN VERİMLİLİK ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİNİN ÖLÇÜMÜ: ÜNİVERSİTE ÇALIŞANLARI ÜZERİNDE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Çalışanların iş tatmini ve verimlilikleri uzun yıllardır işletmeler için önemli bir konu olmuştur. Her iki kavram da performans artışına, kar artışına veya düşük performans ile işgören devir oranında artışa neden olabilir. Bu nedenle, hem iş tatmini hem de verimlilik kavramlarının öncüllerinin anlaşılması ve bu öncüllerin iş tatmini ve verimlilik üzerinde etkilerinin incelenmesi uzun yıllardan beri önemli araştırma konuları arasındadır. Literatüre göre, iş yeri tasarımı çalışanların iş tatmini ve verimliliklerini etkileyen en önemli faktörler arasındadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, iş yeri tasarımının (ofis /büro düzeni ve fiziksel çevre) iş tatmini ve algılanan çalışan verimliliği üzerindeki etkisini bir kamu üniversitesinde yapısal eşitlik modelleme ile ölçmek ve stratejiler önermektir. Araştırma, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi çalışanları üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Veriler yüzyüze anket yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Araştırmada kolayda örnekleme kullanılmıştır. Analiz için 290 anket formu uygun bulunmuştur. Araştırma bulgularına göre, iş yeri tasarımının iki boyutunun iş tatmini üzerinde ve iş tatmininin de çalışanların algılanan verimliliği üzerinde istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir etkisi mevcuttur.

Keywords

• İş Yeri Tasarımı
• İş Tatmini
• Algılanan Verimlilik
• Üniversite Çalışanları
• PLS-SEM

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