The effect of office concepts on worker health and performance: a systematic review of the literature
@article{deCroon2005TheEO, title={The effect of office concepts on worker health and performance: a systematic review of the literature}, author={Einar M. de Croon and Judith K. Sluiter and P P F M Kuijer and Monique H. W. Frings-Dresen}, journal={Ergonomics}, year={2005}, volume={48}, pages={119 - 134} }
Conventional and innovative office concepts can be described according to three dimensions: (1) the office location (e.g. telework office versus conventional office); (2) the office lay-out (e.g. open lay-out versus cellular office); and (3) the office use (e.g. fixed versus shared workplaces). This review examined how these three office dimensions affect the office worker's job demands, job resources, short- and long-term reactions. Using search terms related to the office concept (dimensions…
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