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Influence of partition layouts on speech privacy in open-plan offices [PDF]
HeliyonDifferent partition layouts were compared to determine how to increase speech privacy while maintaining communication efficiency between workers in an open-plan office. A preliminary survey was used to determine current usage and conditions of partitions
Seung-Min Lee, Chan-Hoon Haan
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The Effect of Agile Workspace and Remote Working on Experiences of Privacy, Crowding and Satisfaction [PDF]
Buildings, 2015 Occupant density is an important and basic metric of space use efficiency. It affects user experience of privacy, crowding and satisfaction. The effect of agile working has been two fold.
Trevor Keeling +2 more
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Acoustic conditions in open plan offices – Pilot test results
Medycyna Pracy, 2016 Background: The main source of noise in open plan office are conversations. Office work standards in such premises are attained by applying specific acoustic adaptation.
Witold Mikulski
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Computational studies of speech intelligibility in open-plan offices
Medycyna Pracy, 2019 Background Noise in open-plan offices, connected with an unintentional hearing of conversations and related distraction of attention, causes annoyance of employees.
Witold Mikulski
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Does job control contribute to differences in physician-certified sickness absence across office concepts? A mediation analysis in a nationally representative sample [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthOBJECTIVES: Several studies have found higher sickness absence in shared and open workspaces than in private offices, but little is known about why these differences occur.
Randi Hovden Borge +3 more
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Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBiophilic workplace design has been proposed as an effective strategy to increase employee well-being in open-plan offices. To expand our understanding of why and for whom indoor nature exposure increases well-being, the aim of this study was to evaluate
Carmen Valor +2 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023 OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate (i) the main effects of office design and access to telework from home (TWFH) on self-certified sickness absence and (ii) the moderating effects of access to TWFH on the relationship ...
Randi Hovden Borge +3 more
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Comparative analysis of window operating behavior in three different open-plan offices in Nanjing
Energy and Built Environment, 2021 Research on the window operating behavior of offices is of great significance for reducing building energy consumption and improving indoor comfort. The open-plan office is a common office form that involves a large number of people and a complex staff ...
Jiawen Ren +6 more
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ROOM ACOUSTIC DESIGN IN OPEN-PLAN OFFICES
8th European Conference on Noise Control 2009, 2023 In a Nordic cooperation project the acoustical conditions in open-plan offices was investigated. Measurements have been carried out in five open plan offices accompanied with an inquiry gathering the subjective judgments by the staff. A program for the acoustical measurements was designed specifying how to perform the measurements and which type of ...
Nilsson, Erling, Hellström, Björn
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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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