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Ergonomics workstation environment toward organisational competitiveness

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Mohamed Makhbul, Zafir Khan, Shukor, Md Shafiin, Azly Muhamed, Ariff·2022·International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
DOI 10.11591/ijphs.v11i1.20680
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The lack of comfort due to workplace environment impact could trim down job performance and organizational productivity. Literature reviews indicate that ergonomic workplace environment that is strongly associated with the job performance. Employees’ perceptions to be examined by the organizations to ensure the excellent job performance. Thus, 295 officers were selected using proportionate stratified random sampling with two-section questionnaire. The data were analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) and analysis of a moment structure (AMOS) software. The research findings show that acoustic is the most crucial factor (0.928) followed by lighting (0.898), workstation design (0.846), working hours (0.670), and chair (0.563). Ventilation is still significant to the whole environment although scored the lowest coefficient value (0.385). These findings provide valuable information to organizations in their attempts to sustain the human resources so that they are always competitive and productive in facing the challenges of the environmental change.

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Authors
Mohamed Makhbul, Z. K., Shukor, M. S., & Azly Muhamed, A.
Affiliations
National University of Malaysia (MY)
ORCID
Shukor, Md Shafiin
Venue
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)
Publisher
Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
Published
2022-03-01
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
157
ISSN
  • 2252-8806 (ISSN-L)
  • 2620-4126
DOI
10.11591/ijphs.v11i1.20680
OpenAlex
W3202282133
Cited by
12
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3
FWCI
2.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PP-GSB-2021)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Facilities and Workplace Management
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Occupational Health and Safety Management
  • Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Ergonomics and Human Factors
Keywords
workplace ergonomics, employee performance, enterprise competitiveness, employee perceptions, acoustic environment, lighting, workstation design, working hours, seating comfort, ventilation, organizational productivity

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