Towards a holistic approach for assessing the impact of IEQ on satisfaction, health, and productivity

Franke, Melanie; Nadler, Claudia

doi:10.1080/09613218.2020.1788917

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“…Similarly, in a study of 327 employees within 13 organizations, a small but significant effect was found between personality traits and environmental satisfaction [42]. A laboratory test of 180 occupants also found personality to have an indirect influence on people's satisfaction with more abstract IEQ factors (i.e., views from window, level of control and privacy) [43]. And interestingly, a longitudinal study following 19 occupants for three to seven months shows that those higher in Extraversion were more likely to be stressed by workspace IEQ [44].…”

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Impacts of life satisfaction, job satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits on satisfaction with the indoor environment

Cheung

Graham

Schiavon

2022

Building and Environment

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Impacts of life satisfaction, job satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits on satisfaction with the indoor environment

Cheung

Graham

Schiavon

2022

Building and Environment

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“…The survey consists of five parts including demographics, satisfaction levels about the office environment, perceptions about the importance of IEQ factors with respect to comfort, perceptions with regard to the extent to which IEQ factors affect productivity, and open-ended questions about improvements in the workplace environment. With respect to the IEQ factors presented in the questionnaire, 15 elements were finalized referring to other published questionnaire questions [10,17,18,25]. Additional attention was given to the question sequence, the formulation, the wording, as well as the layout.…”

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Indoor environmental factors affecting the productivity of workers in office buildings

Liu

Chang‐Richards

Wang

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Poor indoor environmental quality (IEQ) has been found to contribute significantly to productivity losses, with the extent of the contribution differing according to the type of office work in which workers are engaged. However, few studies focus specifically on the occupants of university office buildings where the work being undertaken involves a significant amount of academic research that is expected to require high levels of concentration, insight, creativity, and consistency than is needed in many other types of work. To develop a preliminary understanding of the IEQ factors affecting the productivity of people working in university office buildings, a pilot questionnaire was administered to postgraduate students to validate the IEQ factors that have been found to impact on productivity. To date, twelve postgraduate students from three different office buildings in The University of Auckland completed the questionnaire. The results showed that noise, temperature, air quality, and lighting were the factors most reported on with respect to effects on work productivity. The adopted IEQ factors in this questionnaire instrument is reliable. The findings from this study will help advance understanding of the IEQ factors affecting the productivity of workers in university office buildings, and provide insights for architects, building owners, office managers, and office users to help prevent or mitigate negative impacts on productivity by managing the IEQ conditions in workplaces. Future research will involve the analysis of data from staff as well as students to identify any possible differences that might exist between the two groups of workers engaged in academic research.

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“…Occupants who are less satisfied with their indoor environmental quality (IEQ) are usually less productive (Franke and Nadler, 2020). IEQ factors include two parts (1) tangible IEQ factors, also known as sensor-measurable IEQ factors (e.g.…”

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Gauging the impact of personal lifestyle, indoor environmental quality and work-related factors on occupant productivity when working from home

Guo

Chen

et al. 2022

ECAM

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PurposePersonal lifestyle, work environments and work-related factors can significantly affect occupant productivity. Although many studies examine the affecting factors of occupant productivity in offices, explorations for the home-based work environment, which is designed mainly for living purposes, are still scarce. Moreover, current pandemic has made work from home a new normal for workers around the world. Therefore, it is important to identify key causal factors of occupant productivity when working from home.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed descriptive analysis and regression analysis method to explore the relationship among personal lifestyle, indoor environmental quality and work-related factors toward occupant productivity. A questionnaire including a comprehensive list of key measures was designed and 189 valid responses were collected from more than 13,000 participants.FindingsResults show that a healthy lifestyle, the perceived satisfaction of visual and acoustic environment, communication, interest in work, workload, flexible schedule and privacy positively affect occupant productivity when working from home, while coffee consumption, outside views and windows have negative effect.Originality/valueOpportunities to enhance occupants' home-based work productivity include developing a healthy lifestyle by taking advantage of flexible schedule, equipping a working room at home with advanced and intelligent environment control systems, and improving communication, workload and schedule by changing the policy of companies.

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Towards a holistic approach for assessing the impact of IEQ on satisfaction, health, and productivity

Cited by 32 publications

References 93 publications

Impacts of life satisfaction, job satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits on satisfaction with the indoor environment

Impacts of life satisfaction, job satisfaction and the Big Five personality traits on satisfaction with the indoor environment

Indoor environmental factors affecting the productivity of workers in office buildings

Gauging the impact of personal lifestyle, indoor environmental quality and work-related factors on occupant productivity when working from home

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