Policies in Activity-based Flexible Offices -‘I am sloppy with clean-desking. We don’t really know the rules.’

Chafi, Maral Babapour; Rolfö, Linda

doi:10.1080/00140139.2018.1516805

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“…Although, users could disturb others or get disturbed when having ftf interactions at the workplace, they still prefer this location for discussions. Therefore, this result contradicts the findings by Babapour and Rolf€ o (2019), who found that, based on observations and interviews, people who work in more open zones have the tendency to speak more quietly to limit the distraction for colleagues. On the other hand, this result was also confirmed by Heinzen et al (2018) found that workers, who moved from an enclosed office to a more flexible and open office, showed a decreased number of interactions at the labs and an increase of interactions at people's workspace as lab work requires focus and concentration.…”

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Location choices of face-to-face interactions in academic buildings: an experience sampling approach

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Although it is recognised that face-to-face interactions are important for sharing interests and (new) knowledge, it remains unknown how and where students and university employees interact in academic buildings. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyse the location choice for face-to-face interactions in an academic building, including several personal-and interaction characteristics. An Experience Sampling Method (ESM) was used to collect data on 643 face-toface interactions during two weeks in the Flux building at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. In general, students more often interacted in meeting rooms than teaching staff, and support staff interacted less in eat/drink areas and the hallways than other users. Unexpectedly, some of the lectures took place outside of traditional project-/lecture space. Real estate managers of university campuses could use these results to create better interactive work environments that stimulate face-to-face interactions among employees and students of different departments.

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Location choices of face-to-face interactions in academic buildings: an experience sampling approach

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“…As such, to reduce the risk of resistance it is crucial to actively involve the workplace users in the development of rules governing the use of the workplace. Indeed, in one case study it was demonstrated that non-compliance with rules occurred as a result of their ambiguity, but subsequently involving users in the design process and making the co-created rules more explicit resulted in increased acceptance of the new working style and higher compliance with the rules, and lower levels of demands experienced in the new workplace (Babapour and Rolfö, 2018;Rolfö, 2018).…”

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Salutogenic workplace design

Roskams

Haynes

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and discuss opportunities for health promotion through the workplace environment, adopting a “salutogenic” perspective of health which more explicitly focuses on factors that support human health and well-being, as opposed to factors which cause disease. Design/methodology/approach In the introduction, the salutogenic model of health and the Environmental Demands-Resources model are discussed, providing a conceptual framework to represent the workplace environment as a composite of pathogenic “demands” and salutogenic “resources”. Subsequently, a narrative review is performed to discuss the existing literature from the perspective of this novel framework, identifying environmental resources which might strengthen the three components of an employee’s “sense of coherence” (comprehensibility, manageability and meaningfulness), an individual orientation associated with more positive health outcomes. Findings Comprehensibility can be supported by effectively implementing a clear set of rules governing the use of the workplace. Manageability can be supported through biophilic design solutions, and through design which supports social cohesion and physical activity. Meaningfulness can be supported by recognising the importance of personal identity expression and through design which reinforces the employees’ sense of purpose. Originality/value The salutogenic perspective is a potentially valuable but relatively under-considered paradigm in workplace practice. The key contribution of this paper is to encourage researchers and practitioners to recognise the crucial role that an individual’s sense of coherence plays in supporting higher levels of physical and mental health, so that they increase their ability to provide truly “healthy” workplaces, capable of promoting health as well as minimising the risk of disease.

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“…In addition, studies rarely consider the implementation process and its importance for a successful relocation [ 16 ]. A few studies found that process factors, e.g., information, had an impact on satisfaction with the office environment [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. However, there are large differences in employee satisfaction with ABWs between cases [ 17 ].…”

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Sense of Coherence, Health, Well-Being, and Work Satisfaction before and after Implementing Activity-Based Workplaces

Wijk

Bergsten

Hallman

2020

IJERPH

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Activity-based workplaces (ABWs) are implemented with possible implications for health, well-being, and work satisfaction in the workplace. Drawing on the theoretical framework, i.e., sense of coherence (SOC), the aim was to investigate how indicators pf SOC—meaningfulness, manageability and comprehensibility—are associated with, or function as barriers or facilitators for, health, well-being and work satisfaction during relocation to an ABW. We followed the implementation of ABWs at the Swedish Transport Administration (2018–2019). Questionnaires were administered before (n = 536), 3 months (n = 409) and 9 months (n = 373) after relocation. Focus group interviews (15) were conducted before and after. Data were analyzed using repeated measures ANOVA and content analysis. Relocation to an ABW was associated with a reduced work satisfaction (physical p < 0.001; psychosocial p < 0.001), and minor changes in health and occupational well-being during relocation (p > 0.001). The reduction in work satisfaction was smaller among employees with high meaningfulness in the relocation process (p < 0.001). All SOC indicators were positively associated with overall health, well-being and work satisfaction (p < 0.001). Interviews suggested that meaningfulness was facilitated by participation in the presented activities and that communication before relocation was crucial. The results indicate that organizations implementing ABWs should promote perceived meaningfulness in the process to mitigate possible declines in satisfaction with the physical and psychosocial work environment.

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Policies in Activity-based Flexible Offices -‘I am sloppy with clean-desking. We don’t really know the rules.’

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Location choices of face-to-face interactions in academic buildings: an experience sampling approach

Location choices of face-to-face interactions in academic buildings: an experience sampling approach

Salutogenic workplace design

Sense of Coherence, Health, Well-Being, and Work Satisfaction before and after Implementing Activity-Based Workplaces

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