Lee and colleagues studied satisfaction with speech privacy in workplaces via a survey. They share that “workers should be allowed to choose a workspace where they can focus on their job by creating a suitable space to concentrate. While it is important to create separate spaces for different purposes, it is essential to consider the provision of an isolated space by modifying workstations, which represent the smallest domain for workers from the perspective of spatial design, or by adjusting partition heights. Taking such actions could improve workers’ satisfaction with speech privacy in open-plan offices, which are constantly changing.”
Songmi Lee, Jeonghun Kim, Sohong Kim, Hansol Song, and Jongkwan Ryu. 2023. “An Online Survey on Self-Reported Workplace Design and Personal Factors Concerning Speech Privacy Satisfaction in Open-Plan Office Environment.” Applied Acoustics, vol. 202, 109179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2022.109179