(Ebook) A Comparative Analysis on User Satisfaction in Closed and Open Office Buildings: Case Study of Some Selected Buildings in Abuja by Ph.D. Candidate OBASANJO ADEOLA OWOYALE , Dr. BARKA JONATHAN KWAYA , Ph.D. Candidate MOHAMMED TAUHEED ALFA

(Ebook) A Comparative Analysis on User Satisfaction in Closed and Open Office Buildings: Case Study of Some Selected Buildings in Abuja by Ph.D. Candidate OBASANJO ADEOLA OWOYALE , Dr. BARKA JONATHAN KWAYA , Ph.D. Candidate MOHAMMED TAUHEED ALFA

Many organizations and industries around the world have their own preference of
office type base on the nature of services to be rendered. Office building without
employee’s satisfaction can adversely affect their performances at their places of
work. Open office is an office that has large open space with no partitionable walls
but providing workstation for each employee within the open space while close
office is the type with solid walls or frames as partitions with doors which open to
each office. It is in the light of this that the design of office becomes imperative to
both employers and architects. The aim of this study is to investigate user
satisfaction and preferences in office buildings, in other to proffer appropriate
design suggestion and recommendation that can be used when providing office to
employees. A survey is adopted through the aid of administredquestionnaire to
respondents, and the results are therefore analysed using simple statistical tool.
Findings from the study reveals users satisfaction and preference for open office
layout, it further reveals efficiency in users productivity due to its effectiveness in
communication, kwnoledge sharing, space saving, cost saving and flexibility in
managerial activities. The study therefore creates a correlation between findings
conducted by other researchers over the years concerningthe provision of office for
employees their preference andsatisfaction for open office buildings.
JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY URBAN AFFAIRS (2018), 2(3), 102-106.
https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2018.4724