Person-environment fit: optimizing the physical work environment

H.A.J.A. Appel -  Meulenbroek; P.M. Le Blanc; Y.A.W. de Kort

Person-environment fit: optimizing the physical work environment

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Abstract

Workplace managers’ decisions on office design interventions are still dominated by cost criteria, instead of the positive effects design decisions could have on different employee outcomes (e.g., engagement, productivity, health and wellbeing) and thus on organizational effectiveness. This chapter reviews existing evidence from different academic disciplines for effects of the physical workplace on employees, and relates this to the needs-supply fit aspect of Person-environment fit theory regarding the three basic human needs at work: competence, autonomy and relatedness. Through a discussion of individual choice and control, the authors emphasize that a one-size-fits-all workplace strategy does not exist, as optimal fit depends on personal characteristics, the task at hand, organizational culture and other aspects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Organizational behaviour and the built environment
Editors	Remi Ayoko, Neil Ashkanasy
Place of Publication	Abingdon
Publisher	Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter	14
Pages	251-267
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-138-16723-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-138-05353-3, 978-1-138-05352-6
Publication status	Published - 26 Jul 2019

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Appel - Meulenbroek, H. A. J. A., Le Blanc, P. M., & de Kort, Y. A. W. (2019). Person-environment fit: optimizing the physical work environment. In R. Ayoko, & N. Ashkanasy (Eds.), Organizational behaviour and the built environment (pp. 251-267). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://www.crcpress.com/Organizational-Behaviour-and-the-Physical-Environment/Ayoko-Ashkanasy/p/book/9781138053533

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Person-environment fit: optimizing the physical work environment. / Appel - Meulenbroek, H.A.J.A.; Le Blanc, P.M.; de Kort, Y.A.W.
Organizational behaviour and the built environment. ed. / Remi Ayoko; Neil Ashkanasy. Abingdon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2019. p. 251-267.

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