Workplace design, job satisfaction and employee wellness among workers

Abstract

The study sought to examine the relationship between workplace design, job satisfaction and employee wellness. The study objectives were; to establish whether there is a significant relationship between workplace design and job satisfaction; to examine whether there is a significant relationship between job satisfaction and employee wellness; and to establish whether there is a significant relationship between workplace design and employee wellness. The study was carried out among employees of Child Fund International Uganda. The researcher used the correlational research design in the study in which self-administered questionnaires were used to obtain data from respondents. A sample of seventy two (72) respondents was used and this was selected using the census sampling method. Data obtained was analyzed using a computer data analysis program known as the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), from where frequency-percentage tables were used to analyse bio data while Pearson Correlation Coefficients (r) were used to test the three study hypotheses. The findings revealed that there is; a positive significant relationship between workplace design and job satisfaction at (r = 0.702**, p = 0.01 = 0.01); a positive significant relationship between job satisfaction and employee wellness at (r = 0. 730**, p = 0.01 = 0.01); and a positive significant relationship between workplace design and employee wellness at (r = 0. 742**, p = 0.01 = 0.01). The study findings highlight the importance and need for organisation to have appropriate workplaces designs as these have a significant impact on employee job satisfaction and wellness. Organizations should adopt engaging and flexible workplace designs that have a high degree of autonomy & task variety, social support & interdependence as well as proper ergonomics as these can elicit high job satisfaction levels.