More Evidence Posture Matters (07-14-11)
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
Seating options provided make it more likely that people will sit with good or bad posture, and recent research indicates that posture is particularly important in healthcare settings.
Researchers at the Kellogg School of Management (Adam Galinksy and Li Huang) have found that “when bodily expressions are in conflict with one’s actual feelings . . . people become more likely to accept and embrace atypical ideas.”
Noise volume matters in the operating room, multi-tasking fails under neuroimaging, and occupant workspace satisfaction mainly depends on three factors.
A lot of money is spent each year on employee training, but how much of that instruction pays off and influences trainee performance?
Olivares spent 4 years preparing a comprehensive review of the history and design of office chairs created from 1840s and the present.
Rectilinear furniture is perceived differently than curvilinear.
What office features have the greatest influence on workers’ satisfaction with their workspaces?
Changing power politics in the boardroom.
Our seated posture influences if we think and behave as if we have power.
Lee and Guerin comprehensively explored the relationship between indoor environmental quality (air, thermal, and lighting), and job performance and environmental satisfaction in five office types in LEED certified buildings.