Abstract
Purpose: A) to record Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that are used in performance measurementin practice; B) to investigate the influence of the work environment on employee satisfaction and perceived productivity, and to explore the impact of culture on employees’ appraisal of their work environment and prioritized aspects.
Methodology: A case study has been conducted in Thailand to compare performance measurement in practice with KPIs that were found in literature. Secondly data on employee satisfaction, perceived support of productivity by the physical environment, prioritized aspects, and national and organisational culture were collected by the use of questionnaires and additional interviews. Finally, prioritized aspects in the Thailand case were compared with similar data from Dutch and Finnish cases, in search for the impact of the cultural context.
Finding: The research showed a huge variety of KPIs in connection to different added values of real estate and other facilities. Regarding workplace appraisal, the Thai employees showed to be less satisfied than the Dutch employees. They put more emphasis on adjacency and locality of spaces, subdivision of the whole building, and sharing own ideas about the work environment than the Dutch and Finnish respondents. The Dutch and Finnish employees prioritized functionality and comfort of workspaces and opportunities for concentration and communication more frequently than the Thai people. The organisational culture of the Thailand case is perceived as a hierarchical culture, whereas high masculinity and individualism are reflected in the national culture. Whereas the cultural context might have its impact on the appraisal and prioritizing of aspects of the work environment, the former and current work environment, work processes, external context, and implementation process seem to be more influential.
Practical implications: Knowledge about the impact of new working environments on employee satisfaction, perceived productivity support and prioritized aspects in different cultures may be used to support real estate and FM decisions of organisations working with employees with different cultural backgrounds.
Research limitations: Additional data collection and in-depth analyses are needed to further explore and explain different responses in connection to different people, places, processes, and culture.
Originality/value: This research helps to improve our understanding of cultural impact on employee satisfaction with new working environments, perceived productivity support and prioritized aspects.
Methodology: A case study has been conducted in Thailand to compare performance measurement in practice with KPIs that were found in literature. Secondly data on employee satisfaction, perceived support of productivity by the physical environment, prioritized aspects, and national and organisational culture were collected by the use of questionnaires and additional interviews. Finally, prioritized aspects in the Thailand case were compared with similar data from Dutch and Finnish cases, in search for the impact of the cultural context.
Finding: The research showed a huge variety of KPIs in connection to different added values of real estate and other facilities. Regarding workplace appraisal, the Thai employees showed to be less satisfied than the Dutch employees. They put more emphasis on adjacency and locality of spaces, subdivision of the whole building, and sharing own ideas about the work environment than the Dutch and Finnish respondents. The Dutch and Finnish employees prioritized functionality and comfort of workspaces and opportunities for concentration and communication more frequently than the Thai people. The organisational culture of the Thailand case is perceived as a hierarchical culture, whereas high masculinity and individualism are reflected in the national culture. Whereas the cultural context might have its impact on the appraisal and prioritizing of aspects of the work environment, the former and current work environment, work processes, external context, and implementation process seem to be more influential.
Practical implications: Knowledge about the impact of new working environments on employee satisfaction, perceived productivity support and prioritized aspects in different cultures may be used to support real estate and FM decisions of organisations working with employees with different cultural backgrounds.
Research limitations: Additional data collection and in-depth analyses are needed to further explore and explain different responses in connection to different people, places, processes, and culture.
Originality/value: This research helps to improve our understanding of cultural impact on employee satisfaction with new working environments, perceived productivity support and prioritized aspects.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The added value of facilities management |
| Subtitle of host publication | Concepts, findings and perspectives |
| Editors | DJM van der Voordt, PA Jensen, C Coenen |
| Place of Publication | Lyngby |
| Publisher | Polyteknisk Forlag |
| Pages | 248-265 |
| Number of pages | 302 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788750210405 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Performance Measurement
- Employee Satisfaction
- Perceived Productivity
- Priorities
- Culture