Assessing the Relationship Between Worker Productivity and the Indoor Environment

Abstract

In general, work environments (e.g., office buildings) are meant to support the work-related behaviors of employees who inhabit them so the parent organization may better reach its goals ("work outcomes"). Unfortunately, the construction planning process often disre-gards the effects that building components and utility systems have on building occupants. This study used an employee survey to study the effects of ambient conditions of lighting, temperature and air quality, and acoustics on work outcomes of performance, satis-faction with working in the office, and number of sick days. The evidence clearly showed that, through a path-to-outcomes analysis (path analysis), all these ambient conditions had significant impacts on performance, satisfaction with working in the office, and num-ber of reported sick days.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419126

Entities

People

  • Christine Zimmer
  • Debra B. Lister
  • E. S. Weidemann
  • Elisabeth M. Jenicek

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Data Processing
  • Department Of Defense
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Management
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Office Buildings
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Temperature Control
  • Training

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Organizational Psychology.