Resumen de The Determinant Factors of Green Office Layout Towards Employee Workplace Productivity

Abdul Khabir Rahmat, Irwan Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman S Senathirajah, Ahmad Danial Zainudin

• Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the determinant factors of green office layout towards employee workplace productivity.

    Theoretical Framework: The research is based on the theoretical framework which represent the independent variables of comfort, office space, interactions, distractions and environment and awareness attitude while dependent variables is employee productivity.

    Design/Methodology/Approach: This quantitative study data were gathered from 200 logistics company during operation hours. They key respondent was the company’s regular employee as and the validity and the reliability of the questionnaire were thoroughly examined. The results were based on regression analysis and equation modelling by using SPSS software. Then, the data will be analysed in the relationship of each construct using the structural equation modelling approach.

    Findings:  The findings of the study provide strong grounds that employee productivity  are highly connected with factor of green office layout involved comfort, office space, interaction, distraction and environment awareness and attitude as well positively influences the employee productivity. Meanwhile, the researcher observation shows that comfort and office space have complementary relationship with employee productivity.

    Research, Practical & Social implications:  Companies should emphasize that improvement of employee productivity is basic components in an office environment. The components are comfort dimension, office space dimension, interaction dimension, distraction dimension and environment awareness and attitude dimension. It is valuable to concurrently instilling all of this dimension value in order to improve the employee productivity that give the potential benefit.

    Originality/Value: The research is an enhanced conceptual framework that examines critical issues concerning the successful relationship of green office layout dimension and employee workplace productivity, thus providing valuable outcomes for decision makers and academics. This study found that the framework could explain better each variable which has a dimension of green office layout towards employee workplace productivity.