1. INTRODUCTION
Nowadays the relationship between employees and employers may be seen upside down. Since there the number
of job opportunities available for employees has been increasing in a growing worldwide economy, not just
employees but also employers need to readjust themselves in order to cope up with the dynamics of business life.
Therefore, HR executives need to consider new strategies for recruiting and retaining best fit talents for their
organizations. Higher salaries and compensation benefits may seem the most likely way to attract employees.
However, quality of the physical workplace environment may also have a strong influence on a company’s
ability to recruit and retain talented people Some factors in workplace environment may be considered keys
affecting employee’s engagement, productivity, morale, comfort level etc. both positively and negatively.
Although convenient workplace conditions are requirements for improving productivity and quality of outcomes,
working conditions in many organizations may present lack of safety, health and comfort issues such as
improper lightening and ventilation, excessive noise and emergency excess. People working under inconvenient
conditions may end up with low performance and face occupational health diseases causing high absenteeism
and turnover. There are many organizations in which employees encounter with working conditions problems
related to environmental and physical factors. Pech and Slade (2006) argued that the employee disengagement is
increasing and it becomes more important to make workplaces that positively influence workforce. According to
Pech and Slade the focus is on symptoms of disengagement such as distraction, lack of interest, poor decisions
and high absence, rather than the root causes. The working environment is perhaps a key root causing
employee’s engagement or disengagement. Another research indicates that improving the working environment
reduces complaints and absenteeism while increasing productivity (Roelofsen, 2002).Wells (2000) states that
workplace satisfaction has been associated with job satisfaction. In recent years, employees comfort on the job,
determined by workplace conditions and environment, has been recognized as an important factor for measuring
their productivity. This is particularly true for those employees who spend most of the day operating a computer
terminal. As more and more computers are being installed in workplaces, an increasing number of businesses has
been adopting ergonomic designs for offices and plant installations. Ergonomics, also called biomechanics, has
become popular because of demand of workers for more human comfort.