Amare Abawa (Dr)Ayantu Demissie2023-12-062023-12-062023-06-05http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/321Several scholars have examined the effect of ergonomics on employees’ productivity and have shown that workplace ergonomics is important to increase employee productivity. Companies should have a better understanding of ergonomics and its effect on employees’ productivity. In Ethiopia ergonomics is a new concept and some companies are implementing ergonomics principles in rebuilding their offices in order to increase employees’ productivity. The Ethiopian ministry of mines and petroleum is one of those institutions. However, there was no system to measure the productivity of employees after the implementation of ergonomics principles in the rebuilt office. This study examined the effect of workplace ergonomics on employee productivity by using office lighting, noise (acoustics), indoor air quality, office furnishing, spatial arrangements, office decor, and office flexibility of the workplace as a predictor of material ergonomics (physical ergonomics). To examine the effect of workplace ergonomics on employee productivity a quantitative research method was used. Primary data was collected by using structured questionnaires filled by 222 employees of Ethiopian ministry of mines and petroleum. A descriptive and explanatory research design was used to conduct the study. Data was analyzed by using IBM SSPS version 27 a quantitative analysis tool. A simple random sampling method was used to distribute the questionnaires. The major findings of this study were that lighting, indoor air quality, improved noise (acoustics), office furnishing, spatial arrangements, and office flexibility were found to be significant in order to boost employee productivity. Whereas office décor was found to be insignificant.enThesis