WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE’S PERFORMANCE

Abstract

Businesses must step outside their traditional roles and comfort zones to look at new ways of working. They have to create a work environment where people enjoy what they do, feel like they have a purpose, have pride in what they do, and can reach their potential. The study aimed at finding the impact of work environment on employee’s performance at Produce Buying Company, Kumasi. Objectives of the study were to ascertain the relationship between employees and their working environment, to determine the impact of work environment on employee performance and to suggest measures and make appropriate recommendations to improve the working conditions for better performance. Descriptive sample survey was used to carry out the study. Simple random sampling technique was respectively used to select the respondents for the study. Respondents for this study were fifty (50) made up of twenty-five (25) senior staff and twenty-five (25) junior staff. Structured questionnaires were used for data collection.

The main findings included, employer’s interpersonal relationships with their managers were poor, we feeling do not exist among employees and their employers at the organization, employees have clear career advancement and a clear definition of task.

In conclusion, it has been revealed that work environment affects employees at Produce Buying Company a great deal and most of them were positive leaving little for the negativity. Based on our findings, we recommended to the organization that periodic meetings with employees to air their grievances to management to serve as a motivating factor to the employees.