EVALUATION OF MYERS-BRIGGS PERSONALITY TRAITS IN OFFICES AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF EMPLOYEES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

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Office design in workplace studies is addressed through psychology in addition to physical requirements, emphasizing how psychological factors within office spaces influence occupant perception and reaction. The study aims to identify personality types of employees working in architects’ offices across Iran and India, then assess existing productivity to determine how personality types affect workplace output. Data were collected via structured questionnaires using online and hard-copy formats.

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IJCRR Section: Healthcare Sci. Journal Impact Factor 4.016 Research Article EVALUATION OF MYERS-BRIGGS PERSONALITY TRAITS IN OFFICES AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF EMPLOYEES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY Zahra Poursafar1, Nandineni Rama Devi2, Lewlyn L. R. Rodrigues3 1Research scholar, Faculty of Architecture, Manipal University, Manipal, KA, India; 2Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Manipal University, Manipal, KA, India; 3Head, Dept. of Humanities and Management, Manipal University, Manipal, KA, India. ABSTRACT Background: Office design after physical requirement has a second concern which belongs to Psychology. The concept of Psychology and office spaces is a prominent issue for designers when planning stages of a redesign or a new workspace. Offices or workspaces today are an evolution of sorts affected by the truly diverse mixture of architectural and psychological elements which are working together in the same space. Aim: The focus of first part of this research is to identify the employee’s Personality type in Architect’s offices in two Asian countries; Iran and India. The second part of the study investigates the existing productivity of employees to identify the influence of Personality types. Methodology: The good-quality data has been collected from a well-designed questionnaire. The mode of the delivery was through the online questionnaire and hardy copy ones. Result: The findings of this study explore the dominant Personality type in Architect’s offices and also reveal that productivity inan Architect’s office interior is affected by employee’s Personality types. Conclusions: Designers benefit from knowing occupant’s Personality types. Since each Personality types have own characteristics, needs and desires, then outcome of the study could be used as a guideline for designer to have a more successful project. Differences between Personality types would have positive and negative effects on their Productivity. The results would help designers to improve the physical environment of office suits to occupant’s wishes. Key Words: Psychology, Personality types, Architect’s office, Productivity INTRODUCTION Architect’s office is an office which employs one or more architects and practices the profession of Architecture. The goal of these offices is to provide services (drawing, planning and consulting) in connection with the design and construction of buildings. The quality of the work environment in these offices requires the response to two issues: • Managerial behavior and environmental condition • User needs and their relationship to the environmental design An important part of this environment is about “psychological implications of Architecture”. In Architectural Psycholo- gy can be described as a branch of environmental or ecological Psychology. This deals with the psychological processes of the interaction between man and his environment, as for example spatial perception, spatial thinking, orientation behavior, or spatial experience, territorial behavior, living requirements and satisfaction, local identity1. It is not merely about the physical characteristics and features of buildings; it is about occupant’s perception and reaction to physical environment. This research, attempts to investigate and evaluate the distribution of Personality types in a comparison approach to enhance knowledge about work Psychology. The survey conducting to two populated country in Asia; Iran and India, | Author: | | --- | | Corresponding
Zahra Poursafar, Research Scholar, Faculty of Architecture, Manipal University, Manipal, KA, India
E-mail: [z.poursafar@yahoo.com](z.poursafar@yahoo.com)
Received: 30.08.2015 Revised: 25.09.2015 Accepted: 22.10.2015 | Int J Cur Res Rev | Vol 7 • Issue 21 • November 2015 53 [Poursafar et.al.](Poursafar et.al.: Evaluation of myers-briggs personality traits in offices and its effects on productivity of employees..)[:](Poursafar et.al.: Evaluat

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What is the main purpose of the study?

The study identifies employees’ Myers-Briggs personality types in architects’ offices in Iran and India, and evaluates how these personality types influence employee productivity.

How were the data collected for the research?

The research used a well-designed questionnaire delivered through both online forms and hard-copy submissions.

What do the findings suggest about productivity?

The study reports that productivity in an architect’s office interior is affected by employees’ personality types, and designers can use this information to support more effective office environments.

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