... academics that were merged with secondary data. Through descriptive statistics and econometric regressions, this study examines how working from the university office, the home and other spaces influences self-reported individual productivity, socialization, work−life balance and job satisfaction...

... with the development of organizational well-being. In the ABW environment, a change in the physical work environment has a stronger relationship with the development of organizational productivity and a change in the social work environment has a stronger relationship with the development of organizational well-being...

... significantly frequently and achieved significantly high productivity. Complaints are received significantly frequently and maintenance defects are regularly encountered. Many of the job situational factors are present and found to be significantly correlated with work outcomes and some of these may be used...

... represents the relationship between the employee and the myriad environmental factors which detract from or support healthy and productive work. However, the extant workplace environment literature is segmented by specialism and largely atheoretical (Ashkanasy et al., 2014 ; Sander et al...

... other open-plan offices to understand differences arising from occupants’ satisfaction, perceived productivity and health. Design/methodology/approach A total of 1,121 post-occupancy evaluation (POE) surveys conducted in 9 offices were analyzed. All these premises hold a certification from the Green...

...Per Anker Jensen; Theo van der Voordt Purpose This paper aims to investigate how facilities management (FM) and corporate real estate management (CREM) can add value to organisations by contributing to improved productivity of knowledge workers, and to explore interrelationships between...

... and productive if they have personal control over the environment (Shahzad et al., 2016), but in shared offices it is more common for employees to work under group settings. Once more, there is evidence to suggest that the importance of individual environmental control might differ between employees...

... the strongest impact on momentary well-being and productivity. Design/methodology/approach In total, 15 knowledge workers in an open-plan office environment were sent a brief survey (measuring environmental comfort, momentary well-being and perceived productivity) each day over an 11-day study period...

... to collect data from several offices in the Middles East. The dataset consists of 405 responses. One-way analysis of variance was conducted to understand the relationship between location flexibility and perception of productivity. In addition, a series of t test were used to evaluate...

... management and satisfaction; while the latter were more interested in the apps use at operational and tactical levels such as task- or project-level productivity improvement. Research limitations/implications Though bias has been minimised by giving equal opportunity to each member of trade...

...Azlan Shah Ali; Shirley Jin Lin Chua; Melissa Ee Ling Lim Purpose The physical environment comfort in a workplace is claimed to be vital, as it will encourage healthier, more productive and lower absenteeism rate among employees. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the importance...

... system data and semi-structured interviews) to feed a discrete events simulator. To test the hypothesis, the authors look at the potential for intelligent hot-desking to use “work type” data to improve the distribution of individuals in the office, increasing productivity through the creation of positive...

...Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed; Hugh Byrd Purpose The purpose of this literature review is to investigate the reliability of self-evaluation as a method for measuring the effect(s) of indoor environment quality (IEQ) on the productivity of office workers. The aim of this review is to identify the various...

...Sui Pheng Low; Shang Gao; Kai Lin Tiong Purpose – This study aims to examine how lean production principles (LPP) can be incorporated in the context of ramp-up factories to improve future ramp-up factory designs. The application of LPP to the facilities design of ramp-up factories can help...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Conferences Facilities management Productivity OfficeSMART launch 2001 Magalogue at annual conference Keywords: Conferences, Facilities management, Productivity The UK's most marketing led office products dealership, OfficeSMART...

... office practices. Goes on to discuss the productivity paradox of knowledge workers, that is the ways in which management of the office environment enables productivity to increase. Early reports of muscle discomfort and vision problems among VDT operators were greeted with scepticism. Managers...

... the physical environment into prominence and, in particular, the office as a work setting. The US economy has shifted from production to the provision of information and services, with 80 per cent of the workforce predicted to be in the office work setting by the year 2000, compared with 53 per cent today...

...‐related injuries, improve productivity, and improve the quality of life of the workers. The advantages of sitting over standing include the following: Sitting requires less muscular activity, delaying fatigue. An individual can sit for approximately one hour but stand for approximately only half...

...; and an increase in worker productivity. In America, the understanding of OSHA′s new ergonomic regulations is important for facilities managers for several reasons. First, OSHA′s ergonomic initiative for 1994 and beyond is to set an ergonomic standard and require compliance. Therefore, it is highly likely...

... savings in direct costs as a result of using underfloor air conditioning. © MCB UP Limited 1995 Air‐conditioning Buildings Facilities management Health care Office layout Premises management Productivity Working conditions In today′s property market, with its massive overcapacity...