Table 5. Definitions and response scales... | Emerald Publishing

Table 5.

Definitions and response scales of the background variables

Dependent variable	Item or a sample item (for sum variables)	Scale
Age, years	Birth year	–
Gender		Woman
		Man
		Other
		I do not want to define
Managerial position	Are you in a managerial position?	YesNo
Use of CRs^a	In what kind of workspace do you mainly receive customers/patients face to face?	1 = My own consultation room (One or more), which others do not mainly use
		2 = My own consultation room, which others use when the space is not at my disposal (e.g. if you work only a few days a week)
		3 = Shared consultation rooms, which are also used by others (e.g. room change once a day) and
		4 = Other, what?^a
Use of ABWs	Do you have your own workstation in the activity-based office?	1 = I have my own, assigned workstation
		2 = I do not have my own workstation, but work in shared workspaces

Dependent variable	Item or a sample item (for sum variables)	Scale
Age, years	Birth year	–
Gender		Woman
		Man
		Other
		I do not want to define
Managerial position	Are you in a managerial position?	YesNo
Use of CRs^a	In what kind of workspace do you mainly receive customers/patients face to face?	1 = My own consultation room (One or more), which others do not mainly use
		2 = My own consultation room, which others use when the space is not at my disposal (e.g. if you work only a few days a week)
		3 = Shared consultation rooms, which are also used by others (e.g. room change once a day) and
		4 = Other, what?^a
Use of ABWs	Do you have your own workstation in the activity-based office?	1 = I have my own, assigned workstation
		2 = I do not have my own workstation, but work in shared workspaces

Note(s):

^aIn the analysis Options 1 and 2 were combined and responses to Category 4 were categorized and included in Options 1 and 2.

Source(s): Authors’ own work