An integration of sustainable architecture through visual privacy of workspaces in Mati City Hall, Davao Oriental : an application of a correlation study of visual privacy and employees satisfaction

Abstract

Visual privacy has many effects on the occupant or employee's satisfaction. The maximum time belongs to the employees' workplace, leading to different negative impact factors. As a result, determining the factors that drive employee satisfaction is crucial. This study investigates the relationship between employee satisfaction and overall visual privacy in an open office environment and the relationship between overall visual privacy with and without existing partitions and overall primary workplace satisfaction and determines the relationship with and without partitions in an open office environment in Mati City Hall. Six buildings in 13 offices of City Hall gathered the data from 189 employees. This descriptive- correlation quantitative study deals with variables in analyzing the numerical data with the SPOES questionnaire and quantitative Observation. This study provides a guide to having a better plan that will help promote occupant satisfaction in terms of visual privacy in an office. The result entails a sustainable environment. A significant difference between employees' satisfaction and overall visual privacy with the primary workplace in an open office environment indicated a correlation between the overall visual privacy and the overall satisfaction of the building.