Observing is Doing (08-30-10)
Lindner and her colleagues have found that when people observe others performing a certain action, they are much more likely to “remember” that they also completed that particular action than is actually the case.
Lindner and her colleagues have found that when people observe others performing a certain action, they are much more likely to “remember” that they also completed that particular action than is actually the case.
Millions of people listen to background music every day in open or cubicle style work environments to avoid being distracted from professional tasks.
Walking enhances cognitive performance.
Multi-tasking, noise, nature and stair use: factors to consider in workplace design.
A plethera of new research adds to our understanding of employee interactions with their physical workplaces.
Knight and Haslam corroborated the findings of environmental psychologists, who have established the importance of workers’ control over their physical office environments.
Ackerman and his colleagues have completed an interesting series of experiments linking tactile experiences and social judgments/behaviors.
Members of Generation Y are widely assumed to be better at multi-tasking than people who are older than they are.
Ayoko and colleagues have reviewed the scientific literature on human territoriality, workplace design, and conflict management (among other topics) to understand stress stemming from territorial behavior in open plan offices and to develop suggestions for reducing that stress.
O’Neill relates employee environmental control to enhanced performance at the individual, group, and organizational levels.