Happiness and productivity are improved simply by placing foliage plants in the workplace

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Although it may feel that the office where there are few things and refreshed seems easy to work at first sight, rather than narrowing down to the necessary minimum, by placing a few plants in the office, the employees become active , Happiness degree and productivity riseUniversity of ExeterIt became clear by the study of.

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Exeter University'sDr. Chris KnightAnd 10 psychologists, according to a study of 10 years, by placing some ornamental plants in the office, employees work actively in the same office and productivity rise by 15% It turned out that it was.

This research is a joint research by researchers from 4 universities in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands, and Dr. Knight says he does not know why the frugal office was popular in the business world in the past four years. "When putting ants in an empty jam bottle or putting gorillas in cages without anything, they will look miserable, those who work in plain offices are also miserable."

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In 2013, Dr. Knight and others worked on a large office, such as a call center in the UK, the Netherlands, to demonstrate the effectiveness of the plants. For 18 months, in the office we installed foliage plants every square meter and arranged so that all the plants could be seen from the desk. As a result, it was said that there were effects such as improvement of employee efficiency / memory ability and other basic ability. In addition, although the plants were selected for research, if you can not install it, you can expect similar effects for elements such as photo installation, light change, scent change, "Dr. Knight says.

Dr. Knight explained that "something that gives psychological stimulation is only in the office and can work with happiness," explaining that there is no scientific basis for the necessary minimum office It is appealing that I want you to notice. From the viewpoint of management, it is a feeling that I want to keep office supplies as much as possible, but just by taking the cost to some plants, all of the employees may work faster and the performance may be improved.