European Journal of Business and Management www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) Vol.14, No.8, 2022 47 Impact of Work Environment on Employee Productivity in Polytechnics in Edo State Adenekan, Tolulope Elizabeth (Ph.D) Department of Information Management, Faculty of Communication and Information Services, Lead City University, Ibadan Nwoko, Godday Chukudi Department of Information Management, Faculty of Communication And Information Services, Lead City University, Ibadan Abstract The study examined the impact of work environment on employee productivity in Polytechnics in Edo State. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study and the two owned public polytechnics were used in the study. Academic and non-academic staff were the study population. Random sampling procedure was employed in selecting the sample of the study, with a sample size of 204. Questionnaire was the instrument used in the collection of data and data were analysed using simple percentage, correlation and regression. Results revealed that Findings showed that the level of employee productivity was moderate  x ( 2.9). The nature of work environment of employees in polytechnics in Edo State was moderately conducive  x ( 2.6). There was a significant positive relationship between work environment and employee productivity (r = 0.417**;p <0.05). it was also found work environment significantly influenced employee productivity (t(200) = 0.518, R = 0.299 p< 0.05). employers of labour should provide an enabling environment that is void of noise, well-equipped office, mutual cooperation between the employees and the employers as well as other coworkers as this could enhnace the level of their productivity. Keywords: Work environment, Employee productivity, Polytechnics, Edo State DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/14-8-06 Publication date: April 30 th 2022 Introduction Overtime, higher institutions like polytechnics are concerned about the productivity of their employees. This is one of the determinants of assessing if the employees of the polytechnics are working towards meeting the goals and objectives of the institution. Inability of the employees to perform up-to-task could make such organisations to go into moribund. Employee productivity is defined as the value chain of an employee's contribution to the organization’s goal, whether positive or negative. Other pertinent factors are taken into account when calculating employee contributions. Human resources are nearly every organization's most valuable asset. Physical assets, such as buildings, land, equipment, and vehicles, pale in comparison to these in terms of value and relevance. Employees play a vital role in enabling organisations to gain a competitive advantage over competitors around the world. Because employee productivity influences an organization's success, performing employee performance appraisals must be done correctly in order to evaluate if the organisation's goals and objectives are being accomplished. Economic growth, profitability, and social advancement are all aided by increased productivity. Employees can only get better wages/salaries, working conditions, and more job prospects if they increase their productivity Due to strong rivalry, organisations aim to recruit others' top performers in order to get a competitive advantage in the market. As a result, it has become critical for organisations to keep their current personnel (Gitongu, Kingi & Uzel, 2016). Because organisation invest resources to bring out the best in their people, such as through training and development, trained individuals are an asset to the institution and no organisation wants to transfer their assets to someone else. Improving these employees' performance is advantageous not only to the organization, but also to the employees themselves. Because good performance can theoretically lead to higher levels of employee career advancement (Siahaan et al., 2016). One of the factors that could influence employee performance is work environment. Work environment refers to those processes, systems, structures, tools or conditions in the workplace that impact favorably or unfavorably on employee productivity. The working environment also includes policies, rules, culture, resources, working relationships, work location, internal and external environmental factors, all of which influence employee’s productivity. Study has revealed that an uncomfortable work environment such as poor interpersonal relationship, poor physical facilities among others could inhibit the productivity of employees which could in turn make them not to meet the goals of the organization (Thomas, 2018). Workplace environment could have either positive or negative influence on record management depending upon the nature