The study assessed the role of perceived and actual workspace characteristics as correlates of work satisfaction among 85 bank employees of Bhopal (INDIA). Employees of different cadre filled perception of work environment and work satisfaction Questionnaires. Actual workspace characteristics like distance from entrance, supervisor, Co-workers etc., were assessed by direct measures with the help of measuring tape. Work satisfaction was found to be positively correlated with pleasant workspace, distance from entrance, distance from supervisor and negatively correlated with crowding and noise, privacy of workspace, work -- complexity and distance from co-workers. Multiple correlational analysis revealed that 69% of the variance in work satisfaction is to be accounted for by perceived and actual workspace characteristics. Results and their implications were discussed in the framework of environment -- behaviour theories.

Key wards: perceived and actual workspace, work satisfaction, work environment