Refurbishment of an open-plan office – Environmental and job satisfaction

Self-Other Agreement Between Employees on their Need for Achievement, Power, and Affiliation: A Social Relations Study

“…When organizations for instance are moving into open plan office spaces, those with a low Need for Affiliation may feel annoyed by the near presence of others in high spatial density areas (cf. Hongisto, Haapakangas, Varjo, Helenius, & Koskela, 2016). Similarly, when an organization propagates telecommuting and wishes employees to work detached from the office, it is important to recognize whether employees with a high Need for Affiliation may feel their relationships with coworkers to get harmed (cf.…”

Effect of self-adjustable masking noise on open-plan office worker’s concentration, task performance and attitudes

“…Future studies should also include representation of other physical environmental factors that influence office worker performance and attitudes such as thermal, lighting and desk density (Kim andde Dear, 2013 andHongisto et al 2016).…”

Bring your understanding of anxiety with you: Employees’ experiences of anxiety in open-plan offices

“…A cell office is a single and closed office (Bodin Danielsson & Bodin, 2008). Consequently, employees cannot effectively control or attain privacy over their workspaces to manage anxiety (Hongisto, Haapakangas, Varjo, Helenius & Koskela, 2016;Kim & de dear, 2013;Lee & Brand, 2010).…”

“…There are however, downsides to working within open-plan offices. These include crowding (Bodin Danielsson & Bodin, 2009;Hongisto, Haapakangas, Varjo, Helenius & Koskela, 2016), noise exposure (Haapakangas, 2017;Bodin Danielsson, Bodin, Wulff & Theorell, 2015), lack of privacy (Kim & de Dear, 2013;Laurence, Fried & Slowik, 2013), territoriality (Ayoko et al, 2009;Brown, Crossley & Robinson, 2014) and performance loss (Seddigh, Berntson, Bodin Danielsson & Westerland, 2014;Ashkanasy et al, 2014). Consequently, employees within open-plan offices are susceptible to environmental stressors, interpersonal interactions and distractions (Elsbach & Pratt, 2007).…”

“…'Control' refers to the ability to influence the environment (Lee & Brand, 2005). Employees within open-plan offices are exposed to uncontrollable environmental stressors such as noise, poor air quality, temperature and lighting (Hongisto et al, 2016). As a consequence, employees within open-plan offices are susceptible to burnout (McCarthy, Trougakos & Cheng, 2016), mental strain, fatigue, stress and emotional exhaustion (Horney, 1937).…”