Naturally! Examining Nature’s Role in Workplace Strain Reduction

Thompson, Arieana H.; Bruk‐Lee, Valentina

doi:10.1007/s41542-019-00033-5

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“…An understanding of the entire work environment, including its proximity next to green spaces such as trees and gardens, has sparked interest into how these broader environmental factors impact employees. Findings have indicated nature exposure relates to lower burnout and depressive symptoms (Thompson and Bruk-Lee, 2019), increased positive mood and increased helping behaviors among strangers (Guéguen and Stefan, 2016).…”

Section: Conceptualizing Immediate Workpace Satisfaction and Environmental Workplace Qualitymentioning

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Relationship of immediate workspace and environmental workplace with organizational citizenship behaviors

Carter¹,

Harman²,

Walter

et al. 2020

JMP

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of immediate workspace satisfaction (IWS) and environmental workplace quality (EWQ) on perceived organizational support (POS), engagement and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). In this paper, we draw on social exchange theory and environmental psychology to propose IWS and EWQ as drivers of employee OCBs.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted with 1,206 full-time employees. The EWQ measure was assessed with a randomly selected calibration sample (n = 603). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the hypothesized model (n = 603).FindingsIWS and EWQ both are positively related to employees’ OCBs. For IWS, the effect was fully mediated by POS while POS and engagement partially mediated the EWQ–OCB relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe survey was conducted at one point in time and may introduce common method variance.Practical implicationsHigh-quality, satisfying workspace and workplace environments motivate employee OCBs through POS and work engagement.Originality/valueThis study introduces a scale for measuring EWQ. Empirical evidence provided to support the effects of two contextual perceptions—IWS and EWQ—on employee discretionary behaviors.

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Section: Conceptualizing Immediate Workpace Satisfaction and Environmental Workplace Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Relationship of immediate workspace and environmental workplace with organizational citizenship behaviors

Carter¹,

Harman²,

Walter

et al. 2020

JMP

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“…Providing a comfortable working environment is salient to allow the office occupants' focus on their task, thereby ensuring the quality of life at workplace and better performance of occupants' (Kamarulzaman et al,2011). with these natures' healing abilities it is expedient to ensure occupants are exposed to nature for improved wellbeing and strain reduction (Thompson & Bruk-Lee, 2019).…”

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Relationship between Window and View Factors in the Workplace: A SEM Approach

2021

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Office occupants’ have always preferred workplaces that have windows that connects them to the outside. Window access to the outside can influence occupants’ satisfaction with the combination of other workplace features. This study aims to identify the window and view factors relationship in the workplace, to confirm the reliability and validity of the measurement and structural model. Adopting a cross-sectional survey design, primary data from five offices in the Kogi State of Nigeria with 267 respondents were collected by using the convenience sampling method and analysis was performed with the Statistical Package for Social Science version 23 and AMOS 22.0 version as the modelling tool. The study identified eleven vital factors that are interrelated in the relationship between windows and view in the workplace. They are referred to as latent construct namely; Window distance (WDB), Seating arrangement (SAB), Room height (FHB), Office size (OSB), Window position (WPB), Window Sill level (WLC), Window size (SWC), Window type (TWC), View content (CVC), View satisfaction (VSC), and Occupants’ satisfaction (SAT). The result showed a valid model using the Structural Equation Model, and the effect of the current workplace negligence on occupants’. This study improves the existing knowledge on the window and view relationship in the workplace, and provide suggestions for Facility Managers, Architects, and Interior Designers on maintaining a healthy workplace environment

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“…In addition, on days when employees are focused on their tasks following physical activity, work-related strain (i.e., somatic symptoms) is reduced because greater attentional resources enable more effective completion of tasks, which consumes fewer physical resources while facilitating greater restoration from resource loss (Niessen & Jimmieson, 2016). Conversely, on days when employees lack task focus due to insufficient physical activity, work-related frustration and strain can result, as employees are short of attentional resources and feel overwhelmed by their inability to maintain focus at work (Thompson & Bruk-Lee, 2019); that is, they are more negatively affected by stressful and problematic work circumstances (ten Brummelhuis & Bakker, 2012). Their experience of somatic symptoms such as muscle soreness, eye strain, and lower back pain is thus increased.…”

Section: Physical Activity Task Focus and Work-related Outcomesmentioning

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Let's get physical! A time‐lagged examination of the motivation for daily physical activity and implications for next‐day performance and health

Li¹,

Cheng

et al. 2023

Personnel Psychology

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Although physical activity is presumed to influence individuals’ work, motivation for daily physical activity and resulting implications for job performance are absent in the management literature. Integrating conservation of resources theory with the literature on physical activity, we build a theoretical model to address the nomological network of physical activity, inclusive of a predictor (autonomous motivation), mediators (resource caravans: physical, affective, and cognitive), outcomes (performance and health), and boundary condition (job self‐efficacy). We test our theoretical model in two experience sampling studies that track employees’ physical activity across 10 workdays, using multiple data sources (self, supervisor, and objective). Findings across two studies consistently reveal that autonomous motivation prompts employees’ average levels of daily physical activity, which, on a daily basis, generates resource caravans—physical (sleep quality), affective (vigor), and cognitive (task focus)—that, in turn, variously benefit next‐day performance (task and creative performance) and health (somatic symptoms). Next‐day task performance is enhanced through increased task focus, while next‐day somatic symptoms are reduced through improved sleep quality and vigor. Further, job self‐efficacy strengthens the benefits of daily physical activity on work outcomes through sleep quality and task focus but not vigor.

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Naturally! Examining Nature’s Role in Workplace Strain Reduction

Cited by 13 publications

References 72 publications

Relationship of immediate workspace and environmental workplace with organizational citizenship behaviors

Relationship of immediate workspace and environmental workplace with organizational citizenship behaviors

Relationship between Window and View Factors in the Workplace: A SEM Approach

Let's get physical! A time‐lagged examination of the motivation for daily physical activity and implications for next‐day performance and health

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