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Employee-workplace alignment: Employee characteristics and perceived workplace requirements

Michael Roskams (Department of the Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK)
Barry Haynes (Department of the Natural and Built Environment, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK)

Facilities

ISSN: 0263-2772

Article publication date: 28 October 2019

Issue publication date: 5 February 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to identify the employee characteristics which are most strongly associated with perceived requirements for different aspects of the workplace environment.

Design/methodology/approach

A questionnaire was completed by 364 employees from a large private-sector organisation. Respondents were surveyed on different work-related, personality and demographic characteristics. They then completed a series of items measuring perceived requirements for four aspects of the workplace environment (workspace segregation, workspace territoriality, individual environmental control and aesthetic quality). Associations between employee characteristics and perceived workplace requirements were explored using multiple regression analyses.

Findings

Numerous significant associations emerged. For example, the requirement for more segregated workspaces was associated with higher susceptibility to distraction, and the requirement for higher workspace territoriality was associated with less positive perceptions regarding the impact of flexible working on work effectiveness.

Originality/value

The individual difference factors which moderate satisfaction with the workplace environment have received relatively little attention in past research. The present study addresses this knowledge gap by including a wider range of employee characteristics and comprehensively investigating which of these most strongly predict differences in perceived requirements for the workplace.

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Citation

Roskams, M. and Haynes, B. (2020), "Employee-workplace alignment: Employee characteristics and perceived workplace requirements", Facilities, Vol. 38 No. 3/4, pp. 282-297. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-09-2018-0105

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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