Collaboration in open-plan offices

Irving, Gemma

doi:10.14264/uql.2016.668

Cited by 4 publications

(13 citation statements)

References 244 publications

(580 reference statements)

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…First, we clarified the complex relationships between spatial design and spatial use in the context of collaboration in co-located spaces. This addresses the call for more empirical research by scholars interested in collaboration in co-located spaces (e.g., Bektas et al, 2015;Irving, 2016). Second, our findings show that territoriality opens new vistas from which to study the relation between co-location and inter-organizational collaboration, as it introduces dis-location.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

“…When collaboration was not managerially but practically demanded (e.g., during major incidents), OCCR employees lifted the territorial boundaries by creating a common enemy. This is aligned to Irving (2016), who views collaborative spaces as scaffolds, where an important factor regarding the collaboration of co-located colleagues is the practical intention of employees. However, our analysis indicates that even in cases when collaboration was practically perceived as necessary, OCCR coordinators did not use the spaces designed to facilitate collaboration.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Consequently, the relation between co-location and collaboration emerged as an academic topic (e.g., Bektas et al, 2015;McElroy & Morrow, 2010;Irving, 2016). Notwithstanding that co-location results in a change in collaborative practices, how this change occurs and shapes collaboration remains unexplored.…”

Section: Changing Collaboration By Changing Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…First, it addresses the call for more empirical research on the relationship between co-location and collaboration (Irving, 2016). Second, it contributes to the literature on co-location by analyzing this organizational phenomenon from an explicit spatial perspective.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Building Collaboration? Co-Location and “Dis-Location” in a Railway Control Post

Willems

Marrewijk

2017

Rev. adm. empres.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper studies the design of co-located spaces and how organizational actors experience such spaces. The literature on co-location is ambiguous about how reduced physical distance increases collaboration. To address this problem, we draw on an ethnographic study of a co-located railway control center, housing the largest Dutch railway organizations under one roof. Although the intention of the co-location was to improve collaboration by bringing different organizations into closer proximity, our findings tell a different story. Railway employees developed several territorial practices (preserving existing boundaries, creating new boundaries, and the situational use of boundaries) through which they resisted the design of the control center, thereby changing the control center from co-located to “dis-located.” We argue that understanding the relationship between co-location and collaboration should not only focus on how such spaces are designed but, rather, account for how spaces where collaboration is demanded are experienced and used by employees.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 66%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Changing Collaboration By Changing Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Building Collaboration? Co-Location and “Dis-Location” in a Railway Control Post

Willems

Marrewijk

2017

Rev. adm. empres.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…One way to obtain estimates of derivatives by working with a lattice ensemble at one set of parameters is described in ref [2]. Here we specialise to explore a method to obtain the derivative of a hadron mass with respect to a parameter such as κ s .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Quark mass dependence of hadron masses from lattice QCD

Foster

Michael

1999

Phys. Rev. D

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

We discuss lattice methods to obtain the derivatives of a lattice meson mass with respect to the bare sea and valence quark masses. Applications are made to quenched and dynamical fermion configurations. We find evidence for significant differences between quenched and dynamical fermion configurations. We discuss how to relate dependence on the bare lattice parameters to more phenomenologically useful quantities.

show abstract

Perceptions and performance of knowledge workers transitioning from single-cell offices to shared workspaces: evidence from panel data

Morrison

Stahlmann-Brown²

2020

JMP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purposeto evaluate the experiences of knowledge workers who work in shared workspaces and those who moved from single-cell offices to shared workspaces.Design/methodology/approachKnowledge workers were surveyed before and after 34% moved from single-cell offices to shared workspaces. The authors exploit this panel design in the analysis.FindingsShared offices were rated as providing more distraction, less privacy and worsened indoor environment quality (IEQ) (p < 0.05). Perceptions of collaboration and networking also declined in shared workspaces. Distraction and a lack of privacy were negatively associated with self-reported productivity (p < 0.10). Neither IEQ nor collaboration nor networking was significantly associated with productivity. The perceptions of those who moved to shared workspaces and those who had worked in shared workspaces all along were statistically indistinguishable.Research limitations/implicationsThe quasi-experimental control provides evidence that it is the office type, not the experience of moving, that accounts for the evaluative changes. There are limitations inherent in using a self-rating performance measure.Practical implicationsOrganisations should be aware that the positive outcomes ascribed to shared spaces may not be apparent and that demands may outweigh benefits.Originality/valueKnowledge workers are particularly impacted by distraction and interruptions to concentrated work. The quasi-experimental design controlled for the Hawthorne effect, demonstrating that it is the office type, not the move, that accounts for differences in perceptions.

show abstract

Collaboration in open-plan offices

Abstract: Many organisations have adopted open-plan offices, rooms with few barriers between desks that are shared by more than four people, to facilitate collaboration, productivity, and innovation. iii

Cited by 4 publications

References 244 publications

Building Collaboration? Co-Location and “Dis-Location” in a Railway Control Post

Building Collaboration? Co-Location and “Dis-Location” in a Railway Control Post

Quark mass dependence of hadron masses from lattice QCD

Perceptions and performance of knowledge workers transitioning from single-cell offices to shared workspaces: evidence from panel data

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About