Color Scheme and the Work Place

Samantha Callahan, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University; Danielle Patrick, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University; Sara Roderick, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University; Kahla Stygar, Department of Psychology, Lindenwood University.

Industrial-organizational (I/O) psychologists- Study how people’s work environments affect them. Can help workers improve efficiency

On September 6th, 1971, President Richard Nixon gave the “Address to the Nation on Labor Day.” In this speech, he determines that there is a change in the work environment air. Nixon claims that workers in this developmental time deserve new opportunities to grow within their work. He reached the conclusion that job satisfaction should be a company's main focus. As the work environment evolves, worker satisfaction becomes increasingly more important. Employees have expectations, such as raises, insurance, and paid time off, so if a company is not willing to comply with these new demands, then it will become increasingly difficult to generate decent productivity rates. Nixon defined this word by stating that “Productivity really means getting

Jason Fried argues that bringing people together to work in the same physical location creates distractions that inhibit individual employees’ ability to get their work done. Mr Fried’s identifies managers and meetings as a main cause of distraction in the workplace, but face to face communication is the real focus of his argument. Meetings and managers often interrupt employees from the task that they are working on. Employees have little or no control over when these interruptions will take place. After these interruptions, individuals have to reset their train of thought after the interruption, which then adds to the amount of time required to complete the task that they are working on.

Three hundred Undergraduates (18-50 years old) enrolled in Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) will be utilized as participants. Undergraduate students will be chosen from undergrad courses of all majors. The participants will be issued a consent form (Appendix A) debriefing form (Appendix E), if they decide to participate in the present study. Furthermore, students who decide to participate will be entered in a raffle to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

A comfortable work environment would be important to the staff at Drayton Manor because without it if the employees of Drayton Manor 's are not comfortable that would lead to their productivity levels being low therefore decreasing their profits levels. If Drayton Manor employers do create a comfortable work environment employees would be productive meaning that their would be an increase of the profits that Drayton Manor makes. To increase their employees productivity levels the employers at Drayton Manor should increase their staffs motivation levels which would then for sure make them work more.

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Lauren Lago, Department of Psychology, University of Central Oklahoma, 100 N. University Drive, Edmond, OK 73034. Email:llago@uco.edu

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Having employees who are healthy, responsible, and reliable can ensure good productivity, good consumer service and ….. The way employees act and carry themselves will definitely affect the work environment in either a positive or negative way. Being a

Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Langeda Bontemps, Department of Psychology, Longwood University, Farmville, VA 23909. Email: langeda.bontemps@live.longwood.edu

You're probably wondering how we get any work done with interruptions of babies and funny animated gifs. Yes, these things can be distractions if they get out of control, but they are important for creating positive attitudes. Positivity is a powerful asset. Combine it with a group of people who are lucky enough to love what they do for a living, and you've got a recipe for great work.

The actual topic of this paper is making a change in the workplace from the boring day-to-day norm to a high energy and exciting work place. The Pike Place Fish Market gave the employees of First Guarantee the same enthusiasm a group of newly hired employees would have. This topic places employees in troubled times and redundant work into something new and exciting. It gave them a chance to get to know each other as more than just a name or face. Friendships were made, which working with friends is much more enjoyable than working all day with someone you know nothing about. By instituting a ‘Be Present’ rule, the co-workers were devoted to giving each other full attention and a listening ear anytime another needed it.

The productivity of any organization depends on the satisfaction of the employees, as happier employees also make more profit as they work faster and harder.

The studies failed to prove any positive correlations between workplace conditions and productivity. The results of the studies demonstrated that innate forces of human behavior may have a greater influence on organizations than do mechanistic incentive systems. The legacy of the Hawthorne studies and other organizational research efforts of that period began to emphasize the importance of individual and group interaction, humanistic management skills, and social relationships in the workplace.

The relationship between job satisfaction, motivation, and efficiency or productivity is very important in the business industry as well as in personal life. Long term research has found that the single greatest predictor of longevity is work satisfaction. Work is one third to one half of a persons' lifetime, and if frustrated the mental and physical effects are very costly. Job characteristics including skill variety, task identity, and task significance lead to psychological conditions in which in turn leads to increased motivation, performance and job satisfaction. It is important to investigate this area in order to determine how much of an effect does