The Mediating Effect of Fatigue on the Nature Element, Organisational Culture and Task Performance in Central Taiwan

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 19; no. 14; p. 8759
• Main Authors: Alkharabsheh, Omar Hamdan Mohammad, Jaaffar, Amar Hisham, Chou, Ying-Chyi, Rawati, Erni, Fong, Pok Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 19.07.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Comparative studies; Corporate culture; Emotions; Employees; Environmental quality; Factories; Fatigue; Heart rate; Industrial Revolution; Job satisfaction; Light; Lighting; Literature reviews; Multivariate statistical analysis; Office layout; Office space; Organizational culture; Physiology; Sampling methods; Social interaction; Structural equation modeling; Task performance; Ventilation; Well being; Working conditions; Workloads; Workplaces; Taiwan
• ISSN: 1660-4601; 1661-7827; 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19148759

In the current dynamic business environment, managing the physical working environment of the workforce has become an important part of the company. This study seeks to investigate the effects of the nature element and organisational culture on the task performance of employees with fatigue as a mediator, based on a sample of 103 white-collar employees who work in the central district of Taichung City during the spring and using a purposive sampling method. The data were collected through a self-administered subjective measurement instrument questionnaire and were analysed using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) path analysis. The results show that organisational culture and task performance were significantly positive. The mediating effect of fatigue caused this relationship to become negative. It was also found that there was a negative relationship between nature elements and task performance. The results provide insights into the importance of employers in providing a healthy workplace which promotes collaboration, health, safety, and the wellbeing of the employee in line with the recommendations of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The study concludes that future international comparative studies can be performed to identify the best workplace design that can reduce employees’ fatigue and alleviate their current work performance.