Norwegian cleaning research: an overview and categorization

Klungseth, Nora Johanne; Olsson, Nils Olof Emanuel

doi:10.1108/02632771311317457

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“…Take for instance the example of daytime and night-time cleaning. In the late 1980s and 1990s, Norway saw a change from night-time to daytime cleaning (Klungseth & Blakstad, 2016;Klungseth, 2015;Klungseth & Olsson, 2013). Two major factors facilitated this: (1) a focus in society on enabling a good family life for all levels of society, making it possible for both mums and dads to be at home after working hours, as opposed to taking shifts on when to be home and at work; and (2) public day care opportunities rose, enabling both parents to be at work during the day.…”

Section: Service-stakeholdermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Handbook of Management Theories and Models for Office Environments and Services

Appel‐Meulenbroek¹,

Danivska²

2021

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Although workplace design and management are gaining more and more attention from modern organizations, workplace research is still very fragmented and spread across multiple disciplines in academia. There are several books on the market related to workplaces, facility management (FM), and corporate real estate management (CREM) disciplines, but few open up a theoretical and practical discussion across multiple theories from different disciplines. Therefore, workplace researchers are not aware of all the angles from which workplace management and effects of workplace design on employees has been or could be studied. A lot of knowledge is lost between disciplines, and sadly, many insights do not reach workplace managers in practice. Therefore, this new book series is started by associate professor Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) and postdoc researcher Vitalija Danivska (Aalto University, Finland) as editors, published by Routledge. It is titled 'Transdisciplinary Workplace Research and Management' because it bundles important research insights from different disciplinary fields and shows its relevance for both academic workplace research and workplace management in practice. The books will address the complexity of the transdisciplinary angle necessary to solve ongoing workplace-related issues in practice, such as knowledge worker productivity, office use, and more strategic management. In addition, the editors work towards further collaboration and integration of the necessary disciplines for further development of the workplace field in research and in practice. This book series is relevant for workplace experts both in academia and industry.This second book in the series focuses on the role of workplace management in the organization and the tasks that workplace management needs to consider. The 18 theories that are presented in this book and applied to workplace research discuss management aspects from the organization's perspective or dive deeper into issues related to people and/or building management. They all emphasize that workplace management is a complex matter that requires more strategic attention in order to add value for various stakeholders. The final chapter of the book describes a first step towards integrating the presented theories into an interdisciplinary framework for developing a grand workplace management theory.

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Section: Service-stakeholdermentioning

confidence: 99%

A Handbook of Management Theories and Models for Office Environments and Services

Appel‐Meulenbroek¹,

Danivska²

2021

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“…Then, as technology progressed, chemicals and other cleaning devices and equipment were introduced. However, as people have become more concerned about environmental and health issues in recent years, the cleaning business has shifted back to a more natural and green approach (Johanne Klungseth and Olof Emanuel Olsson, 2013; Zainol, 2016).…”

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Assessing measurement model of green cleaning components for green buildings

Zainol

Ramli

Mohammad

et al. 2023

JFM

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Purpose This paper aims to assess a measurement model of green cleaning for green buildings in Malaysia. Being one of the contributors to the indoor environmental quality performance, green cleaning has become one of the significant aspects that need to be considered for the well-being and performance of a building, particularly in a green building's operations and maintenance performance. Green buildings without green cleaning practices would hinder the benefits that should be rendered economically, socially and environmentally. However, the absence of clear green cleaning components and requirements in Malaysia has become a motivation to undertake this research. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey involving cleaning service providers and green building index (GBI) facilitators was carried out, and the data was then analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling. However, this paper will only be focusing on the measurement model assessment. Findings Most of the green cleaning components and requirements are acceptable in the model except integrated pest management (in the cleaning procedure component) and hand soaps (in the product and materials component) due to lower factor loadings. Therefore, these two requirements were removed from the measurement model. Research limitations/implications Due to a paucity of professionals in the field of green cleaning, the researchers have selected GBI facilitators and cleaning service providers as respondents for this research. The researchers assumed that GBI facilitators are aware of acceptable products and materials for green buildings; meanwhile, cleaning service providers know what is the best cleaning technique and process that helps in achieving cost and resource efficiency. This research also assumed that the green cleaning components identified can be applied to any type of green building, regardless of the differences in needs in each type of building. Practical implications This discovery will give the industry, particularly cleaning service providers and green building management teams, a first look at the green cleaning components and requirements. Originality/value This paper fulfills the need to study how green cleaning helps in achieving the benefits rendered by green buildings.

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