THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON JOB PERFORMANCE IN METAL INDUSTRY
Journal Title: Endüstri Mühendisliği - Year 2019, Vol 30, Issue 1
Abstract
Environmental factors such as noise, temperature, humidity and illumination have direct or indirect effects on worker’s job performance, productivity, occupational health and safety. Inappropriate conditions may decrease worker’s concentration towards tasks which lead to low performance, poor quality, workplace hazards. It is important to assess which factor has effect to improve job performance and avoid accidents. The objective of this cross-sectional research is to investigate the effects of environmental factors on job performance. Data are gathered from 92 workplaces and blue-collar workers in eight manufacturing companies in metal industry. The average levels of 2760 measurements including four environmental factors are determined as 91.88 dB(A) for noise, 23.99 °C for temperature, 36.35% for humidity and 289.34 lx for illumination. The overall job performance score consisted of 15 contextual performance criteria is found as 3.30 of 5.00. The best performance for all the workers is identified as “Treatment the supervisor with respect” criterion. The results highlight the significant effect of noise on “productivity”, temperature and illumination on “working systematically” and humidity on “quality”.
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EMİN KAHYA
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