THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON JOB PERFORMANCE IN METAL INDUSTRY

Yıl 2019, Cilt: 30 Sayı: 1, 1 - 14, 16.09.2019

Emin Kahya , Berna Ulutaş , Fırat Özkan

Öz

Environmental factors such as
noise, temperature, humidity and illumination have direct or indirect effects
on worker’s job performance, productivity, occupational health and safety.
Inappropriate conditions may decrease worker’s concentration towards tasks
which lead to low performance, poor quality, workplace hazards. It is important
to assess which factor has effect to improve job performance and avoid
accidents. The objective of this cross-sectional research is to investigate the
effects of environmental factors on job performance. Data are gathered from 92
workplaces and blue-collar workers in eight manufacturing companies in metal
industry. The average levels of 2760 measurements including four environmental
factors are determined as 91.88 dB(A) for noise, 23.99 °C for temperature,
36.35% for humidity and 289.34 lx for illumination. The overall job performance
score consisted of 15 contextual performance criteria is found as 3.30 of 5.00.
The best performance for all the workers is identified as “Treatment the supervisor
with respect” criterion. The results highlight the significant effect of noise
on “productivity”, temperature and illumination on “working systematically” and
humidity on “quality”.  

Anahtar Kelimeler

Environmental factors, Temperature, Noise, Humidity, Illumination, Job performance, Productivity

Destekleyen Kurum

Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi

Proje Numarası

2017-1476.

Teşekkür

This study was supported by ESOGÜ as the Scientific Research Project 2017-1476.

METAL ENDÜSTRİSİNDE ÇEVRESEL KOŞULLARIN İŞ PERFORMANSINA ETKİLERİ

Öz

Çevre faktörleri
(gürültü, sıcaklık, nem, aydınlatma vb.), işyerlerinde çalışan işçiler üzerine,
iş performansı, verimlilik, iş sağlığı ve güvenlik açısından dolaylı veya
direkt etki ederler. Uygun olmayan koşullar, çalışanın görevlere karşı
konsantrasyonunu azaltmakta, bu da düşük performans, yüksek ürün firesi, iş
kazalarına neden olmaktadır. Hangi faktörlerin iş performansını geliştirme ve
kazalardan kaçınmada nasıl etkiye sahip olduğunu değerlendirmek önemlidir. Bu
çalışmada amaç, çevre  faktörlerinin iş
performans üzerine etkilerini araştırmaktır. Metal endüstrisinde faaliyet
gösteren 8 işletmede 92 işyeri ve işçiden veriler toplanmıştır. Dört çevre
faktörünü içeren 2760 ölçümün ortalama değerleri; gürültü 91,88 dB(A), sıcaklık
23,99°C, nem %36,35 ve aydınlatma şiddeti 289,34 lüks olarak belirlenmiştir. 15
davranışsal performans kriterini içeren iş performansı 3.30/5.0 bulunmuştur.
Tüm işçiler için eniyi performans “Amirlerine saygı” kriterindedir. Sonuçlar,
gürültü ile “Verimli çalışma”, sıcaklık ve aydınlatma ile “Titiz ve düzenli
çalışma”, nem ile “Kalite” arasında anlamlı etki olduğunu göstermektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çevre faktörleri, Sıcaklık, Gürültü, Nem, Aydınlatma, İş performansı, Verimlilik

Proje Numarası

2017-1476.

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