If You Build It, Will They Stay? (05-27-10)
McGuire and McLaren investigated the relationship between the design of the physical workplace environment and employee commitment.
McGuire and McLaren investigated the relationship between the design of the physical workplace environment and employee commitment.
Nicoll and Zimring studied the use of stairs and attitudes toward stairs in a newly constructed office building where the main elevators in one section of the building stopped only at every third floor (these are called “skip-stop” elevators).
An office is an office . . . at home or at work. And distractions are distractions except . . .
Lee and Brand have evaluated the influence of perceived personal control on perceptions of distraction in workplaces.
A team of Finnish researchers has investigated the influence of intelligible speech on cognitive performance.
Good mental health depends on soaking up a few rays – and not just outdoors.
Spaces communicate nonverbally – we’ve known that for some time – but sometimes there’s debate about exactly what they're saying.
Wineman and her colleagues have integrated studies of spatial layouts and social networks to study innovation.
Kaiser, a principle with Perkins + Will, has integrated his own professional experiences with material from rigorous studies of effective (and ineffective) navigation tools to identify features of successful wayfinding systems.
We’ve all had the sensation of walking into a space and feeling that we do, or don’t belong there.