Which of the following of Albrecht's workplace variables suggests that the actual layout of the work environment, temperature, and noise level are important factors in work-related stress?
a) accountability
b) physical variables
c) mental challenge
d) human contact

Physical variables suggests that the actual layout of the work environment, temperature, noise-level are important factors in work related stress.

Option: B

Explanation:

In any workplace, a person's performance depends upon several factors. Physical variables, mental challenges, contacts with other persons, accountability, managing capacity etc. When a person wants to give his best in his work place the above mentioned conditions should be in favour of him.

Weather (mainly temperature), noise level (loud horns, sound system, shouting), behaviour of other colleague towards him which creates some time anxiety or mental pressure, huge work load, interaction with other staff members etc. These plays a vital role in controlling the work related stress or the overall work environment.

there are no options provided but you can choose among the following gender-neutral pronouns: zir, hir, eir, vis, tem, eir.

in the normal course of maintaining a pronoun-antecedent agreement, we could have used the words his or her but since we are also required to use gender-neutral language, we need to replace it with its equivalent gender-neutral pronoun.

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