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The productivity tax of new office concepts: a comparative review of open-plan offices, activity-based working, and single-office concepts [PDF]

open access: yesManagement Review Quarterly, 2023
This systematic review critically analyzes the relationship between office concepts and individual and organizational performance. Based on the current literature, we identify seven key dimensions to guide our understanding: office concept, work ...
Gerlitz A, Hülsbeck M.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Association of open-plan offices and sick leave-a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yesInd Health, 2023
We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze the association of employees working in various kinds of open-plan offices with sick leave data, compared to those working in traditional cell offices.
Mauss D, Jarczok MN, Genser B, Herr R.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Influence of partition layouts on speech privacy in open-plan offices [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon
Different 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Open-Plan Offices: Comparison of Methods for Measuring Psychoacoustic Intelligibility Parameters

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The acoustic conditions of open-plan office spaces influence the well-being and productivity perceived by users. However, with an inadequate evaluation of the workspace, acoustic design in open-plan offices can be a factor that alters user performance ...
María P. Serrano-Ruiz   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A modified technique to predict speech privacy and distraction distances in open-plan offices

open access: yesARTEKS : Jurnal Teknik Arsitektur, 2023
Open-plan offices have become widely adopted in various industries as a workplace environment. However, this office layout type suffers from speech privacy, which can be represented by the acoustic parameter known as the Speech Transmission Index (STI ...
Sentagi Sesotya Utami   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Effect of Agile Workspace and Remote Working on Experiences of Privacy, Crowding and Satisfaction [PDF]

open access: yesBuildings, 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
doaj   +3 more sources

Optimizing User Distributions in Open-Plan Offices for Communication and Their Implications for Energy Demand and Light Doses: A Living Lab Case Study

open access: yesBuildings
Open-plan offices have established themselves as economically efficient working environments and promote communication. Zoned lighting concepts have proven to be particularly energy-efficient and are determined by the respective occupancy profile. Due to
Sascha Hammes, Johannes Weninger
doaj   +2 more sources

Possibilities of Using Acoustic Materials in Open Plan Offices in Green Buildings

open access: yesArchitecture Image Studies Scientific Journal
One of the most important reasons for the increase in climate change in our world is buildings built based on old methods. In order to reduce the damages caused by the buildings to the environment, sustainable energy use, efficient use of resources ...
Ufuk Fatih Kucukali
doaj   +2 more sources

Acoustic conditions in open plan offices – Pilot test results

open access: yesMedycyna 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
doaj   +3 more sources

A field study on thermal comfort and adaptive behaviour of university open-plan offices in severe cold regions of China

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
This study investigates the thermal comfort and adaptive behaviours of occupants in open-plan office spaces at a university located in Northeast China, a region characterized by severely cold winters with an average temperature ≤−10°C in the coldest ...
Hongrui Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

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