CREM perspective on home office—a consideration of the workplace and its mechanisms of action

CREM Perspektive auf Heimarbeit – eine Betrachtung ausgewählter Wirkungsmechanismen des Arbeitsorts

Kyra Voll (), Felix Gauger () and Andreas Pfnür ()
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Kyra Voll: Technical University of Darmstadt
Felix Gauger: Technical University of Darmstadt
Andreas Pfnür: Technical University of Darmstadt

Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie (German Journal of Real Estate Research), 2022, vol. 8, issue 2, No 3, 139-171

Abstract: Abstract The effect between the workplace and work success is a black box whose mechanisms have so far received little theoretical substantiation. In the explanation of the importance of corporate real estate and its management for the success of companies, the influence of real estate on the work productivity of employees through the physical workplace is shown. However, the overall picture has not yet been fully elaborated and the fragmentary knowledge is only partially suitable for attributing organizational outcomes to the characteristics of the physical working environment. Without sufficient empirical data and a solid theoretical foundation for physical working environment studies, it is not possible to draw conclusions with sufficient certainty about the impact of working environments on organizational outcomes. The fact that millions of people worldwide are working from home for the first time during the COVID-19 pandemic provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore the impact of the home office environment on business success. This study aims to contribute to filling this research gap by further investigating the impact of the physical working environment at home on productivity by building on the Environmental Demands–Resources model. Therefore, the research goal is to determine which of the four included demands and resources (isolation, family–work interference, equipment/facilities, and building) have an impact on employee burnout and satisfaction, and how this impact affects employee productivity. Partial least squares structural equation modeling is used to analyze a German survey sample (n = 429). The results suggest that the four included workplace characteristics have significant influence, with equipment/facilities and building increasing satisfaction and isolation and family–work interference increasing burnout. Equipment/facilities is identified as the most important factor affecting productivity in the home office. Through this study, a contribution is made to establish a more inclusive and integrative framework for physical working environment research. In addition, the results show that workspace characteristics have an impact on productivity. Far beyond the pandemic, the impact of changes in workspace design on employee perceptions and organizational performance will be important to corporate real estate management practice.

Keywords: Home office; CREM; Productivity; Workplace; PLS-SEM; Heimarbeit; CREM; Produktivität; Arbeitsraum; PLS-SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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