Effects of Work Environment, Supervision, Quality Circle and Physical Ability on Employees’ Productivity Mediated by Job Satisfaction

Productivity of employee is one of the important management topics that received significant research attention from several scholars and is considered as a primary mechanism to the accomplishment of organizations’ goals and objectives. The contemporary workplace presents numerous obstacles concerning productivity and efficacy for different organizations. Therefore, this research study aims to investigate the work environment, supervision, quality circle, physical ability, job satisfaction and their relationship with employees’ productivity. To accomplish this purpose, the primary data using survey instruments has been collected from a sample of 212 workers working in the Klang industrial area of Malaysia. The collected data has been analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. The findings demonstrated the effect of the exogenous factors on employee productivity. The findings of this study are beneficial for business owners, managers and human resource management personals. They will be able to understand the motivational factors of current employees which may boost their productivity, thus enhancing firms’ performance.