Impact of Workplace Quality on Employee’s Productivity:Case Study of a Bank in Turkey

The workplace environment plays a crucial role for the employees. Nowadays employees may have a large number working alternatives, then the environment in workplace becomes a critical factor for accepting and/or keeping the jobs. The quality of environment in workplace may simply determine the level of employee’s motivation, subsequent performance and productivity. How well employees get along with the organization influence the employee’s error rate, level of innovation and collaboration with other employees, absenteeism and ultimately time period to stay in the job. This paper presents the analysis of working environment of a foreign private bank in Turkey and examines the relationship between the workplace physical conditions and employee’s productivity.

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