Results 31 to 40 of about 2,140,549 (295)

Stress, Visual and Musculoskeletal Complaints in Open Plan Office Staff

open access: yesActa Medica Bulgarica, 2014
The aim of the study was to identify the main ergonomic and organizational risks contributing to stress, visual and musculoskeletal disorders in open plan office workers. A total of 73 subjects of mean age 28.3 ±4.7 years were studied.
Vangelova K., Stanchev V.
doaj   +1 more source

Office design and occupational health – has research been left behind?

open access: yesScandinavian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Acceleration feedback control of human-induced floor vibrations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Active vibration control (AVC) via a proof-mass actuator is considered to be a suitable technique for the mitigation of vibrations caused by human motions in floor structures.
Bachman   +15 more
core   +1 more source

Collaboration in open-plan offices [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Many organisations have adopted open-plan offices, rooms with few barriers between desksthat are shared by more than four people, to facilitate collaboration, productivity, and innovation.Yet researchers have found that open-plan offices do not consistently promote positive outcomes,and are often associated with unintended consequences like conflict ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Speech levels in open plan offices

open access: yesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2001
A key variable for predicting speech privacy in open offices is the level of speech used. Since the environment influences vocal effort, speech levels needed to be measured in typical open office situations to more accurately calculate speech privacy in such offices. This paper describes measurements of voice levels used in face-to-face conversation in
Warnock, A. C. C., Chu, W. T.
openaire   +3 more sources

Exploring the potential of nearly zero energy retrofitting for generic office buildings in Cairo, Egypt

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
Energy consumption of the buildings sector has increased dramatically over the past decade. In Egypt, existing buildings consume 60% of electrical energy.
M. Hamza, S. Alsaadani, M. Fahmy
doaj   +1 more source

Caring or not caring for coworkers? An empirical exploration of the dilemma of care allocation in the workplace [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Organization and management researchers praise the value of care in the workplace. However, they overlook the conflict between caring for work and for coworkers, which resonates with the dilemma of care allocation highlighted by ethicists of care ...
Antoni, Anne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Exposure to particles from laser printers operating within office workplaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
While recent research has provided valuable information as to the composition of laser printer particles, their formation mechanisms, and explained why some printers are emitters whilst others are low emitters, fundamental questions relating to the ...
Falk, Matt   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Workspace satisfaction and work behaviour of computer systems managers [PDF]

open access: yesPsihološka Istraživanja, 2012
Inspired by the equivocal findings of different studies and acknowledging the dynamic nature of relation between situational factors and human behaviour, this research explores the association between satisfaction with psychosocial features of work space
Kovačević Ivana, Čizmić Svetlana
doaj   +1 more source

A user-controlled thermal chair for an open plan workplace: CFD and field studies of thermal comfort performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This study aims to improve user comfort and satisfaction regarding the thermal environment in the open plan office, which is a current challenge in the workplace addressed by limited research.
Aquino, Angelo I.   +4 more
core   +5 more sources

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy