IMPACT OF WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE AMONG NON – EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES AT ABC PORCELAIN COMPANY - MATALE

Abstract

In the current era of highly volatile business environment, organizations are facing emerging achieving operational excellence with the intention to offer a competitive advantage and secure lasting results for their customers. The most crucial factor that affects the organization performance is its employee since human resources are considered as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. The workplace environment gives an immense impact to the employees either towards the negative outcomes or positive outcomes. The objective of this study was to examine the impact of the workplace environment on employee performance among non-executive employees of ABC Porcelain Company in Matale. In this research study, employee performance was the dependent variable and workplace environment selected as the independent variable. Under the workplace environment, three sub independent variables were identified. Job aids, supervisor support & physical work environment. Based on these sub variables, three hypotheses were developed to test in the study. To carry out this research, quantitative methodology was used. Simple random sampling was used and 30% of production assistant level employees (260 employees) were selected from ABC Porcelain Company as the sample size. Pre-structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data and secondary data was collected using, productivity reports and website information in the company. Final results of this research indicate that there is significant positive relationship between workplace environment and employee performance and job aid as the most critical predictor. Implications of the findings and recommendations are offered.