• DOI:10.1108/14725960810847459
• Corpus ID: 21996861

The impact of office comfort on productivity

@article{Haynes2008TheIO,
  title={The impact of office comfort on productivity},
  author={Barry P. Haynes},
  journal={Journal of Facilities Management},
  year={2008},
  volume={6},
  pages={37-51}
}

• Barry P. Haynes
• Published 22 February 2008
• Business, Engineering
• Journal of Facilities Management

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact that office comfort has on office occupiers' productivity.Design/methodology/approach – The author evaluates the literature that claims to make a linkage between the physical comfort of the office environment and the effect on the productivity of the office occupiers. Office comfort will initially be discussed as a generic concept and subsequently be broken down into sub‐components.Findings – The review of the literature reveals that the evaluation of office comfort is a complex one. There appears to be no universally accepted definition of office comfort, and there is a clear lack of agreement as to how office comfort should be measured. This paper establishes that, there is enough evidence to support the claim that office comfort can affect productivity.Originality/value – This paper adds to the debate by identifying the need for a common and universally accepted measurement of office comfort. It is proposed that this can largely be achieved by e...