1. Introduction
Most people spend fifty percent of their lives within indoor environments, which greatly influence their mental
status, actions, abilities and performance (Sundstrom, 1994). Better outcomes and increased productivity is
assumed to be the result of better workplace environment. Better physical environment of office will boosts
the employees and ultimately improve their productivity. Various literature pertain to the study of multiple
offices and office buildings indicated that the factors such as dissatisfaction, cluttered workplaces and the
physical environment are playing a major role in the loss of employees’ productivity (Carnevale 1992,
Clements-Croome 1997).
Hughes (2007) surveyed 2000 employees pertain to various organizations and industries in multiple levels.
The reported results of these survey showed that nine out of ten believed that a workspace quality affects
the attitude of employees and increases their productivity. Employees in different organizations have
different office designs. Every office has unique furniture and spatial arrangements, lighting and heating
arrangements and different levels of noise. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of the office
design factors on employees’ productivity. The literature reveals that good office design has a positive affect
on employees’ productivity and the same assumption is being tested in this study for the banking sector of
Pakistan. This study will try to find out the effects of office design on employees’ productivity. The area
chosen is the banking sector of Abbottabad District, Pakistan. The study will be based on primary data
collected through a structured questionnaire (Appendix 1).