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Impact of Architectural Space Design of Office on Job Satisfaction and Well-Being
Abstract
Productivity used to be the eventual objective for previously age groups of office employees whose frame of mind around work was to bring the “work only” description for themselves into the office. The whole, individual was not actually careful in space design in the past; instead, the center of attention was on
purposeful obligations that supports the work character: assignments, knowledge, and procedure. At present there is an up-and-coming chance to use workplace design to endorse a holistic state of wellbeing and get job satisfaction for people at work. The goal of job satisfaction and well-being for employees,
includes all other outcomes. It is not a temporary emotion, like “cheerfulness”- it is a continuing state that can lead to creative, balanced, engaged and physically and mentally healthy employees. The budding cohort workforce famously combine work and personal life, bringing the more holistic version of
themselves into the office. The need of belonging and connecting is very essential to these younger, highly mutual workers. As organizations embrace worker engagement, there is increasing understanding that basically looking at productivity is too narrow. We need a wider conceptualization of populace at job.The aim of this study was ascertaining the impact on pattern of wellbeing and job satisfaction of the employees as affected by space type of office, It was contended that the variation in office spaces, of the employee would lay its impact on wellbeing and job satisfaction. One hundred twenty participants age ranged 25-40 years served as participants and they were arranged according to the requirements of t-test design with two types of office space (Cell office and Open plan office). Verma and Verma General Well Being Measure (PGI) was used to assess the wellbeing of participants and Singh and Sharma Job satisfaction scale was used to assess the job satisfaction of participants. Results revealed that the effect of office space was significant. Cell office increased the magnitude of the wellbeing and job satisfaction. Findings are interpreted in the empirical evidence.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/jaip.v8i2.987
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