Sensor networks in workplaces: Correlating comfort and productivity

Valk, Steven van der; Myers, Trina; Atkinson, Ian; Mohring, Karl

doi:10.1109/issnip.2015.7106905

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Employee comfort. Research has correlated workplace environmental (air temperature, humidity, illuminance, noise and motion) and physiological data (heart data, steps taken, calories burned, activity data, galvanic skin temperature, air temperature and sleep pattern data) with office workers' self-reported productivity measures (Van der Valk et al, 2015). These results seem to support the expected correlation between comfort and employee productivity.…”

Section: Jcre 221mentioning

confidence: 76%

Internet of Things technology applications in the workplace environment: a critical review

Nappi

Ribeiro

2020

JCRE

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the use of IoT technology (RFID technology, sensor networks, wearable devices and other smart items) in office settings and its respective impact on the optimization of employees’ productivity and workspace effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach The paper reviews 41 relevant publications reporting IoT use in office settings to identify how this technology has been applied in office settings and what topics are mostly addressed in the literature; how IoT technology improves employees’ productivity; and what the benefits and risks associated with IoT use in the workplace environment are. Findings Two main areas of application of IoT technology in the workplace environment were identified. The first one concerns the influence of the physical characteristics of workplaces on aspects related to workspace effectiveness. The second one is employee-centered and concerns the use of IoT data to identify employees’ social behavior, physiological data and emotional estates associated with productivity. IoT technology provides real-time data with speedy information retrieval. However, its deployment in office settings is not exempt from risks. Employee workplace surveillance, re-individualization of the IoT data and employee refusal of IoT technology in office settings are the main risks associated with this technology. Originality/value This literature review categorizes IoT application in office settings according to two perspectives and highlights employees' attitudes, user-experience of IoT technology and the risks associated with this technology. These results will help researchers and workplace managers interested in the deployment of this technology in the workplace environment.

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Section: Jcre 221mentioning

confidence: 76%

Internet of Things technology applications in the workplace environment: a critical review

Nappi

Ribeiro

2020

JCRE

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“…Offices are becoming an unhealthy environment due to lack of space standards for office buildings in Nigeria (Zubairu & Olagunju, 2003). The impact of physical work environment on occupants' is under-researched as stated by Morrison & Macky, (2017), and modern offices rarely consider occupants comfort and satisfaction (Van Der Valk, Myers, Atkinson, & Mohring, 2015). Therefore, there is need for the unhealthy trend created in Nigerian Government workplaces be stopped.…”

Section: The Nigerian Situationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…The technology uses video capture, GPS, phone applications, social media and other sensing devices that share and analyze data to build a more comprehensive view of the employee (Ajunwa et al, 2017). Personal data like employee vital signs, the heart rate, body temperature and movement on 3D axis, are also collected (Van der Valk et al, 2015). As such, the technology serves as an "electronic presence" (Aiello and Svec, 1993), that extend beyond the work time and space raising privacy concerns (Hazlehurst, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Employee perceptions of fairness toward IoT monitoring

Al-Hitmi

Sherif

2018

VJIKMS

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Purpose This paper aims to explore Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled monitoring in a multi-national petrochemical organization in Qatar and finds that the technology does not negatively influence employee perceptions of fairness, challenging current propositions on monitoring and highlighting the emerging role of culture, competition and paradoxical leadership in moderating the relationship between IoT-enabled monitoring and perceptions of fairness. Design/methodology/approach The authors adopted qualitative research as the methodological premise to explore the relationship between IoT-enabled monitoring and perceptions of fairness. They collected data from an oil and gas organization in Qatar to test the validity of the proposed hypotheses. Findings While I0T-enabled monitoring was perceived as pervasive, tracking every move and recording conversations, the diffusion of the technology throughout Qatar desensitized employees who felt it was the new reality around workspaces. The following three important factors reshaped employees’ perceptions toward IoT-enabled monitoring: a culture that is driven by productivity and strongly adheres by policies and standards to reach set goals; a highly competitive job market; and a paradoxical leadership who balances between the competition and lucrative rewards. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this research is that the authors conducted a case study in similar organizations within the oil and gas industry in the State of Qatar to refute the theory that electronic monitoring of employees in the workspace elicits perceptions of unfairness. Future research can conduct quantitative surveys of employee perceptions in different industries within different cultures to be able to generalize and evolve a universal theory. Practical implications The research findings shed light on the escalating pressure global competition exerts on employees that nervousness about pervasive monitoring systems is replaced with fear of job loss and analytics on monitoring data is welcomed as a means of readjusting behavior to meet performance expectations. Originality/value The case study is the first to highlight the desensitization of employees to monitoring and the increasing pressure competition plays in motivating them to exceed expectations.

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Sensor networks in workplaces: Correlating comfort and productivity

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Internet of Things technology applications in the workplace environment: a critical review

Internet of Things technology applications in the workplace environment: a critical review

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

Employee perceptions of fairness toward IoT monitoring

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