Assessing The Indoor Environment Quality of Industrial Workspace on Workers’ satisfaction: Mixed Methods by Using POE In Iran

Subject Areas : Creative City Design

Laleh Nazari ¹ , Azadeh Shahcheraghi ² , Iraj Etessam ³

1 - Ph.D Student in Architecture, Department of Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Professor, Department of Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2023-01-22 Accepted : 2023-02-20 Published : 2023-01-01

Keywords: Industry workspace, Job satisfaction, POE, Indoor Environment Quality,

Abstract :

Job satisfaction and improving employee performance due to direct relation with individual and environmental factors is one of the most important issues in optimizing the industrial environment. The physical environment of the built environment affects mental health directly and indirectly, meaning that the physical environment, such as the residence and workplace, is a place for human life and some of its psychological effects are unknown. The purpose of this research is to explain the main effect of architecture on job satisfaction in workplace of workers. in this research, a mix method of quantitative and qualitative were used in form of a questionnaire and interview and the corresponding data is further analyzed by SPSS software and using Axial and open coding. 20 specialists were selected for interview and 450 Iranian employees were chosen randomly based on morgan table rspectively. Then the model was developed by using grounded theory and open, axial and selective coding. In the following, confirmatory factor analysis was used to examine the validity of the items by SPSS software. The results demonstrated that indices such as environmental and physical ergonomics, visual contrast of space, environmental psychology, spatial separation of space, attention to voice and color are influential. Psychological comfort is an inevitable aspect of user satisfaction studies. These findings help designers, architects, planners, and facility managers to develop workplace design principles. This research can provide a novel insight into architects’ views of the primary design platform in office buildings which can fill the existing research gap.