Innovation spaces: Workspace planning and innovation in U.S. university research centers

Toker, Umut; Gray, Denis O.

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2007.09.006

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“…Various methods exist for the analysis of such phenomena, including space syntax, used by Penn et al [19] to show that the physical space of the workplace itself can directly affect how often employees meet one another and interact face-to-face. A 2008 study by Toker and Gray [24] concerned specifically the kind of research environment that we study here, and similarly showed that the spatial configuration of the working environment has a strong effect on the frequency and location of informal meetings between colleagues.…”

Section: How the Physical Workpace Affects Communicationmentioning

confidence: 67%

The architecture of innovation

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Efstratiou

Leontiadis

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

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The layouts of the buildings we live in shape our everyday lives. In office environments, building spaces affect employees' communication, which is crucial for productivity and innovation. However, accurate measurement of how spatial layouts affect interactions is a major challenge and traditional techniques may not give an objective view.We measure the impact of building spaces on social interactions using wearable sensing devices. We study a single organization that moved between two different buildings, affording a unique opportunity to examine how space alone can affect interactions. The analysis is based on two large scale deployments of wireless sensing technologies: short-range, lightweight RFID tags capable of detecting face-to-face interactions. We analyze the traces to study the impact of the building change on social behavior, which represents a first example of using ubiquitous sensing technology to study how the physical design of two workplaces combines with organizational structure to shape contact patterns.

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Section: How the Physical Workpace Affects Communicationmentioning

confidence: 67%

The architecture of innovation

Brown

Efstratiou

Leontiadis

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

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“…The majority of physical work environment research reported in the management literature examines the effects of spatial arrangements of offices, in particular the dilemma between social interactions and privacy of open plan offices (e.g. Sundstrom, Burt, & Kamp, 1980;Toker & Gray, 2008;Zalesny & Farace, 1987), and workers' reactions to spatial density (e.g. May et al, 2005;Oldham, Kulik, & Stepina, 1991).…”

Section: Physical Work Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge workers' creativity and the role of the physical work environment

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Ceylan

Jaspers

2011

Human Resource Management

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The present study examines the effect of the physical work environment on the creativity of knowledge workers, compared with the effects of creative personality and the social-organizational work environment. Based on data from 274 knowledge workers in 27 SMEs, we conclude that creative personality, the social-organizational work environment, and the physical work environment independently affect creative performance. The relative contribution of the physical work environment is smaller than that of the social-organizational work environment, and both contributions are smaller than that of creative personality. The results give support for HR practices that focus on the individual, on the social-organizational work environment, and on the physical work environment in order to enhance knowledge worker creativity.

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“…In the same vein, Toker and Gray [18] studied the effect of workspace layout specifically in the context of research offices and laboratories, such as that that we study here, and found that spatial configuration affected the frequency and location of unplanned face-to-face interaction between workers.…”

Section: Effects Of Physical Spaces On Social Interactionsmentioning

confidence: 70%

Tracking serendipitous interactions

Brown

Efstratiou

Leontiadis

et al. 2014

Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work &Amp; Social Computing

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In many creative work environments, serendipitous interactions between members of different groups may lead to enhanced productivity, collaboration and knowledge dissemination. Two factors that may have an influence on such interactions are cultural differences between individuals in highly multicultural workplaces, and the layout and physical spaces of the workplace itself. In this work, we investigate how these two factors may facilitate or hinder inter-group interactions in the workplace. We analyze traces collected using wearable electronic badges to capture face-to-face interactions and mobility patterns of employees in a research laboratory in the UK. We observe that those who interact with people of different roles tend to come from collectivist cultures that value relationships and where people tend to be comfortable with social hierarchies, and that some locations in particular are more likely to host serendipitous interactions, knowledge that could be used by organizations to enhance communication and productivity.

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Innovation spaces: Workspace planning and innovation in U.S. university research centers

Cited by 119 publications

References 19 publications

The architecture of innovation

The architecture of innovation

Knowledge workers' creativity and the role of the physical work environment

Tracking serendipitous interactions

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