The impact of healthy workplaces on employee satisfaction, productivity and costs

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the added value of healthy workplaces for employees and organizations, in particular regarding employee satisfaction, labour productivity and facility cost. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a narrative review of journal papers and other sources covering the fields of building research,...

Productivity as a value parameter for FM and CREM

Purpose: This paper aims to investigate how facilities management (FM) and corporate real estate management (CREM) can add value to organisations by contributing to improved productivity of knowledge workers, and to explore interrelationships between productivity, employee satisfaction and other value parameters. Design/methodology/approach:...

Impact of employee satisfaction with facilities on self-assessed productivity support

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the relationship between satisfaction with buildings, facilities and services and perceived productivity support and to test whether the findings from a similar study of Batenburg and Van der Voordt (2008) are confirmed in a repeat study after 10 years with more recent data. Design/methodology/approach:...

The impact of workplaces and self-management practices on the productivity of knowledge workers

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the impact of workplaces, which support concentration and communication, and self-management practices on individual and team productivity. The underlying hypothesis is that the impact of these variables on the two levels of productivity (individual and team) and the two dimensions of productivity (quantity...

Red or blue meeting rooms: does it matter? The impact of colour on perceived productivity, social cohesion and wellbeing

The purpose of this research is to establish the influences of the colours red and blue on perceived well being, social cohesion and productivity in complex real life work conditions during regular meetings.<br/>Methodology: Seven regular government teams held seven regular meetings in a red, blue and reference meeting room. In literature it is...

Spatial support of knowledge production in higher education: Research paper

This paper explores the impact of the physical and social dimensions of the work environment on satisfaction and perceived productivity of knowledge workers in Dutch universities of applied sciences. The approach took the form of a literature review, multiple case study of six research centres using interviews and logbook analysis, and web-based...

Performance measurement of workplace change: A comparative analysis of data from Thailand, The Netherlands and Finland

Purpose: A) to record Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are used in performance measurementin practice; B) to investigate the influence of the work environment on employee satisfaction and perceived productivity, and to explore the impact of culture on employees’ appraisal of their work environment and prioritized aspects.<br/>Methodology:...

Impact of workplace change on satisfaction and productivity: A comparative analysis of case studies in Thailand and the Netherlands

This paper presents the findings from a case study in Thailand on the use and experience of a new working environment, five months after the organisation moved to a new office building. The purpose of this study is to collect new data about employee satisfaction and perceived productivity after a workplace change, to find out which aspects...

The influence of plants on productivity: A critical assessment of research findings and test methods

Purpose<br/>This paper aims to review available research into the impact of plants on people and labour productivity in order to test a number of hypotheses and the reliability and validity of “evidence based” statements.<br/>Methodology<br/>An extended literature review has been conducted of research concerning the potential impacts of plants...

Do facilities matter?: The influence of facility satisfaction on perceived labour productivity of office employee

Purpose: Companies spend a lot of money to provide facilities such as a nice, effective and efficient building, well designed ergonomic furniture, sophisticated IT, cleaning services, catering, and safety services. Both from a theoretical perspective as well as from a managerial point of view, it is important to know if and how strongly...

Productivity and employee satisfaction in flexible workplaces

In the early 1990s, a few organisations in the Netherlands began to experiment with flexible workplaces. Traditional cellular offices and the open‐plan offices or team‐oriented bullpen spaces in which everyone had their own fixed workplace were no longer a matter of course. Making use of modern information and communication technology, the...