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Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind? [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023 Tens of millions of workers in Europe work in office environments. Such a physical environment might seem fairly harmless compared to the exposures of many other work environments.
Annu Haapakangas +2 more
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Longitudinal Effects of Activity-Based Flexible Office Design on Teamwork [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 This three-wave longitudinal interview study (time lag: 12 and 18 months) investigates the impact of working in an activity-based flexible office (A-FO) on processes within and across teams (i.e., communication, trust, cohesion, and collaboration) and ...
Christina Wohlers +2 more
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The work environment pilot: An experiment to determine the optimal office design for a technology company. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Over the past few decades many corporate organisations have moved to open-plan office designs, mostly due to financial and logistical benefits. However, recent studies have found significant drawbacks to open plan offices and it is unclear how office ...
Jegar Pitchforth +3 more
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How Does Office Design Support Employees' Health? A Case Study on the Relationships among Employees' Perceptions of the Office Environment, Their Sense of Coherence and Office Design. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 This study investigated the current design circumstances of an office as well as employees’ perceptions of the office environment in relation to their perceived health, drawing on sense of coherence theory (comprehensibility, manageability, and ...
Forooraghi M +3 more
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Employee workspace preferences in a mandated hybrid work policy: A discrete choice experiment [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthOBJECTIVE: Understanding employee workspace preferences is crucial for designing office work environments that meet their needs. This study investigated employee office design preferences within a mandated hybrid work model at a higher education ...
Emmanuel Aboagye +4 more
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Buildings, 2023 Intelligent technology has had a profound impact on working patterns and the needs of office workers. The corresponding office environments have also changed to some extent.
Wa Gao, Dong Jin, Qian Wang, Pengfei Zhu
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Design and comfort in office space
Vitruvio: International Journal of Architectural Technology and Sustainability, 2017 The theme of office space is of particular interest because it is a sector strongly involved by technological development. The high concentration of plant engineering systems makes it essential to the attention to environmental parameters and to research
Michele M. Lepore
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A future design vision for administrative work spaces post COVID-19 pandemic (A case study in Saudi Arabia) [PDF]
Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science, 2023 The spread of Covid-19 worldwide has caused significant changes in all fields. Many businesses had to stop operating with their business-as-usual norms and transferred their employees to an online mode.
Sherin Sameh +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundDuring national lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, previously office-based workers who transitioned to home-based teleworking faced additional demands (e.g., childcare, inadequate homeworking spaces) likely resulting in poor work ...
Clara Weber +9 more
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Work from Home: Lessons Learned and Implications for Post-pandemic Workspaces
Interiority, 2023 The experience of working from home (WFH) has evolved due to the COVID-19 response. A concurrent mixed-methods approach was used to assess the experiences and needs of WFH during COVID-19 pandemic across eight countries. Input concerning office workspace
Beth L. McGee +2 more
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