The relationship between office environment and office employee's productivity at Jabatan Kerja Raya Kota Samarahan, Sarawak / Raz Adibah Abdol Razak

Work environment plays an important role in an organization. Most of the problems faced by employees are related to working environment. Working environment and office design fulfills the employees‘ needs and helps to boost their productivity. The purpose of this study was to explore the discourse and issues concerning office environmental impact on its end-users. It was also to determine the most significant element of working environment that existed in the Jabatan Kerja Raya, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. For this purpose, the researcher selected Jabatan Kerja Raya, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. For this research study, a questionnaire was distributed to get the feedback from the respondents. Twenty questions were developed which contained 4 sections (Demographic, Furniture, Lighting, and Productivity). Questionnaires that researcher had distributed are 105 in total, and manages to collect 86 (86%) from respondents. Results of correlation from this study shows lighting have strongest correlations (r= 0.886**). Furniture have high correlation (r=0.684**) with productivity. The findings also revealed that furniture and lighting in the workplace was helpful in developing a working environment that had positive impact on employee‘s level of productivity in the organizations.