The dissatisfaction level is maximized when working in an open plan office without partitions or walls

ByCompxl

Create a space by partitioning the desk with partitions and cabinetsOpen plan office"Seems to be able to work in a good atmosphere with a sense of openness, but research results have shown that in fact the dissatisfaction level is maximized.

Open plan offices attract highest levels of worker dissatisfaction: study
http://theconversation.com/open-plan-offices-attract-highest-levels-of-worker-dissatisfaction-study-18246

The open plan office is thought to have the effect of promoting teamwork among employees and strengthening communication by using partitions at the breakpoint of one room and eliminating unnecessary places. thereUniversity of SydneyThrough research on the open plan office held in Tokyo,Environmental Psychology JournalThe results of the research were announced in.

BySardinista

In the research survey, we list various items indicating the workplace environment such as "noise / noise", "visual privacy" and "indoor temperature" from office designs the employee feels at work, submitting satisfaction and dissatisfaction level It was done by a questionnaire asking you to do. In the collected data,University of California, Berkeley, Contains an enormous amount of research data of 42,764 collected from 303 office buildings in the US, Finland, Australia and Canada.

ByMrdorkesq

In the paper, researchers stated that "Open plan layout showed the highest degree of dissatisfaction rate compared to ordinary office layout", and more than half of those working in open plan offices said " Noise "and complaints about" visual privacy "and" room temperature "also showed a result of 20 to 40%.

ByJepoirrier

Regarding productivity as well, sustained noise such as a ventilator is hard to disturb people's concentration, but clear speech proves to be effective in interrupting the cognitive process of people, even if it is not necessary In an open plan office where a colleague's conversation is heard, it also leads to a decline in productivity. From these results, it is true that there is an advantage that the open plan office is easy to communicate, but it is supported that the disadvantages are bigger than the advantage.

ByDan Nguyen @ New York City

Although there is an advantage of "improving teamwork" in the open plan office, it seems that it is possible to focus on private walls with firm walls in order to do a high productivity work.

ByPedro Moura Pinheiro