The influence of plants on productivity

Abstract

Purpose This paper aims to review available research into the impact of plants on people and labour productivity in order to test a number of hypotheses and the reliability and validity of "evidence based" statements. Methodology An extended literature review has been conducted of research concerning the potential impacts of plants on people and labour productivity. In order to be able to compare the findings of different researchers, an analysis has been made of similarities and dissimilarities with regard to the research context, starting-points and test methods. Findings The paper identifies a lack of precise descriptions of the research design and poor comparability between different research with regard to the characteristics of the plant, test persons, test procedures, surrounding conditions and contents of the reports. Although we may conclude that plants can have a positive impact on the productivity of human beings, it is remarkable that in research reports and research papers the properties of the plant itself are only mentioned by exception. The condition of the plant -whether it is healthy or not -is not described at all. Limitations "Only" 17 studies and underlying papers were investigated and no new research has been conducted with the proposed improvements. Practical implications The findings can be used by managers to legitimate investments in plants and by researchers to improve (the comparability of) research into plants. Originality. In addition to the review of the impact of plants on different types of productivity a vision is presented about the impact of the vitality of plants. Furthermore recommendations are given on how to cope with the methodological problem of poor comparability of research.

Impact of employee satisfaction with facilities on self-assessed productivity support

“…-office lay-out and activity-based workplaces (Van der Voordt, 2003;Roper and Jujena, 2008;De Been and Beijer, 2014;Appel-Meulenbroek, 2014;Bodin Danielsson et al, 2014;Brunia et al, 2016;Candido et al, 2016;Kim et al, 2016;Plum et al, 2017;Yunus and Ernawati, 2018;Mesthrige et al, 2019;Sicotte et al, 2019); -facilities and services (Von Felten et al, 2015); -indoor climate, indoor air quality and thermal comfort (Seppänen et al, 2004;Horr et al 2016, Tarantini et al, 2017; -energy-efficient lighting (Katzev, 1992); -sound and noise (Roelofsen, 2008;Kaarlela-Tuomaala et al;Reinten et al, 2017); -music (Furnham and Strbac, 2002); -ergonomics (Fernandez, 1995;Barber, 2001); -plants (Bakker and Van der Voordt, 2010); -colour (Bakker et al, 2013;Bakker, 2014); -materials (Gutnick, 2007); -green buildings (Feige et al, 2013;Thatcher and Milner, 2014); -multiple factors (e.g. Leesman, 2017); -gender differences (e.g.…”

“…Much has been written about the influence of workplace characteristics on employee productivity. Building on an overview by Palvalin et al (2017) of physical variables that have an impact on individual and team productivity, and adding various other relevant papers, the following overview is presented: office lay-out and activity-based workplaces (Van der Voordt, 2003;Roper and Juneja, 2008;De Been and Beijer, 2014;Appel-Meulenbroek, 2014;BodinDanielsson et al, 2014;Brunia et al, 2016;Candido et al, 2016;Kim et al, 2016;Plum et al, 2017;Yunus and Ernawati, 2018;Mesthrige and Chiang, 2019;Sicotte et al, 2019); facilities and services (Von Felten et al, 2015); Impact of employee satisfaction indoor climate, indoor air quality and thermal comfort (Seppänen et al, 2004;Horr et al, 2016;Tarantini et al, 2017); energy-efficient lighting (Katzev, 1992); sound and noise (Roelofsen, 2008;Kaarlela-Tuomaala et al, 2009;Reinten et al, 2017); music (Furnham and Strbac, 2002); ergonomics (Fernandez, 1995;Barber, 2001); plants (Bakker and Van der Voordt, 2010); colour (Bakker et al, 2013;Bakker, 2014); materials (Gutnick, 2007); green buildings (Feige et al, 2013;Thatcher and Milner, 2014); multiple factors (Leesman, 2017); and gender differences (Haynes et al, 2017;BodinDanielsson and Theorell, 2018).…”

The workplace as a factor of job satisfaction and productivity

“…Brennan et. al, 2002, Bakker andVoordt van der, 2010) or the internal temperature (e.g. Rios et al, 2009, Lan et al, 2010.…”

“…Bachner, 2000, Chigot, 2005, Oseland, 2009, Bakker and Voordt van der, 2010. Some investigations emphasize to the needs of employees, which vary according the organization type (Hansen et al, 2005, Langston et al, 2008.…”

LED Light Sources and Their Complex Set-Up for Visually and Biologically Effective Illumination for Ornamental Indoor Plants

“…Lastly, recent research identifies the strong connection between humans and nature. As many people spend the vast majority of their time in enclosed workspaces, views of green plants inside buildings can increase productivity [16,17], attention [18], performance [19] and reduce stress [20] therefore, improving their general physical health and mental well-being [21].…”