Tesis
Study on the effects of work environment on employees’ productivity
Fecha
2019Registro en:
Cabezas Robles, X. (2019) Study on the effects of work environment on employees’ productivity. [Tesis de pregrado, Universidad de Valparaíso].
Autor
Cabezas Robles, Xaviera Alejandra
Institución
Resumen
The working environment is affecting the productivity of employees. Research has shown annu-
ally increasing loss on productivity due to health strains caused by work environmental factors.
These factors are psychosocial and organizational related, with stress and poor management being
the core of the issue. This study aims to determine how the working environment can be managed
to be effective by using motivational and leadership factors to increase the productivity of organizations.
Building on previous research and work done, it is questioned: What factors are included in an effective working environment? What is the impact of employees on productivity? These are the main questions that are aimed to be answered through the study, and in this context, the working environment will be understood as the physical place where the work is performed and that has social and psychological aspects conforming it, also called organizational climate.
Based on a review of the literature on working environment and motivation theories, an online survey was conducted to employees, targeting their main preferences while working and restating
their needs pyramid distribution to be able to found a pattern on them.
Analysis of the responses, literature review and previous studies were carried out to answer the previous questions and objectives stated to prove or refute the veracity of the hypotheses and that
working environment indeed affects productivity.