Title: Influence of demographic factors on productivity: a study among employees with different personality types in architectural firms

Authors: Zahra Poursafar; Lewlyn L.R. Rodrigues; Mohammad Haghighatpanah; K.V. Sriram

Addresses: Department of Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Fouman and Shaft Branch, Fouman, Iran ' Department of Humanities and Management, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India ' School of Management Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India ' Department of Humanities and Management, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India

Abstract: Though productivity of an organisation is influenced by many factors like skill set, wages, qualification, etc. personality trait of an employee is an important contributor. The present research attempts to identify the significance of relationship between the demographic factors of the employees and the productivity in the office of architects with and without the consideration of personality traits of employees. The survey for the study was carried out in 80 architects' offices located in Iran and India. The data was collected through a self-administered survey questionnaire using random sampling method on the basis of representative sampling. Statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS ver. 20. Chi-square test was used to test association between demographic factors and productivity. The study shows that there is a significant influence of demographic factors on employees' productivity while taking into consideration the different personality types.

Keywords: demographic factors; productivity; personality types; Myers-Briggs type indicator; MBTI; psychology; architects' offices.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISE.2020.107557

International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 2020 Vol.35 No.2, pp.183 - 195

Received: 06 Jul 2018
Accepted: 27 Oct 2018
Published online: 01 Jun 2020 *

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