Plants: Increasing Health and Well-Being
Tove Fjeld and his associates looked at how plants affected the health of office workers, while Larissa Larsen and her associates examined how indoor plants affected students in an office setting.
Tove Fjeld and his associates looked at how plants affected the health of office workers, while Larissa Larsen and her associates examined how indoor plants affected students in an office setting.
The Workplace Environment Network (WEN) of the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) sponsored a symposium at EDRA's annual meeting to establish the effect of office design on organizational performance.
Environmental psychologists have known for some time that the ability to personalize a workstation increases employee job satisfaction and performance.
Researchers associated with Steelcase, have investigated the triple bottom line (financial, social, and environment) and workplace design.
Fred Dust and Patrice Martin, both of IDEO, have learned a lot about the design of effective workspaces through their observational research at hotels.
The link between environmental satisfaction and job satisfaction is indirect, but important.
The messages workplaces convey and how people respond to them are addressed in recent research.
Gensler’s 2008 survey of American workers has identified four primary ways in which employees spend their workdays and the amount of time they are engaged in different sorts of tasks.
Classic research on the use of art in healthcare facilities is expanded through new studies.
As the definition of work changes, so will workplaces.