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Effect Of Physical Working Environment On Organizational Performance In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The advancement of technology and
economic development has brought rapid changes in the physical work
environment as well as workers attitude to work and organsational
productivity. The growing concern of modern firms lies in the attainment
of Organizational performance. Organisational performance constitutes
the actual results achieved by a firm when compared to its original
aims and objectives. Most firms focus their organizational performance
objective on specific results as product performance, financial
performance and shareholder returns. Richard et al. (2009) .However the
attainment of this specific aims and objective is critically influenced
by the physical working environment in which the organizational
personnel operates or carry out their daily functions. Consequently in
view of the rapid development in the business environment which has led
to modernisation,and technological advancement in all sphere of
economic and social activities, it is no longer visible to achieve
organizational performance without giving consideration to the
environment in which the employees operate in executing the fundamental
duties of the organisation.Therefore the performance of the worker are
affected by the working environment. This implies that good working
physical environment facilitate the attainment of high employee
productivity and thereby resulting in high organizational performance.
The
inability of many firms to take this into consideration has greatly
affected workers attitude, welfare and overall productivity. The
physical work environment constitutes the environment in which the
worker exists to execute the fundamental duties of the organization.
(Chapins, 1995) The physical environment consists of tangible and
intangible factors existing in the physical location where the worker
operates to execute the fundamental duties of the organization. This
include the tangible workplace offices or location, working
conditions as good ventilation, airconditioning,safety and security,
good office layout, technological facility as internet system,
telephone, office equipment’s , workplace policies and procedures,
design and construction of the workplace etc.
A good number of
studies involving employee physical work environment indicates that
there is a relationship between physical work environment and employee
job satisfaction and productivity .This implies that physical work
environment contribute positively to workers performance and
organizational productivity such work conditions as lighting,
ventilation rates, access to natural light and acoustic environment
(Humphries, 2005; Veitch, Charles, Newsham, Marquardt & Geerts,
2004; Karasek & Theorell, 1990).
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