| Download | - View accepted manuscript: The Intersection of disciplines: NRC's Cost-effective Open-Plan Environments (COPE) project (PDF, 560 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Veitch, J. A.1; Search for: Charles, K. E.1; Search for: Newsham, G. R.1; Search for: Bradley, J. S.1; Search for: Shaw, C. Y.1; Search for: Sander, D. M.1; Search for: Reinhart, C. F.1 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Research in Construction
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 65th Annual Conference of the Canadian Psychological Association: 10 June 2004, St. John's, Nfld |
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| Subject | interdisciplinary research; psychology; open-plan offices; Office/Workstation design; Open-plan offices [cubicles]; Office acoustics |
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| Abstract | The current trends in office design - putting everyone in smaller, open-plan spaces, with low partitions - might lead to adverse physical conditions and dissatisfaction for employees. NRC's Cost-effective Open-Plan Environments project combined the expertise of psychologists, acousticians, engineers, and architects in conducting experimental and field research, literature reviews and computer simulations over four years to address three goals:· To develop predictive relationships between office design characteristics and physical conditions· To develop predictive relationships between physical conditions and both environmental and job satisfaction· To combine these results into a software tool for designers to evaluate the effects of various office design choicesEnvironmental and industrial/organizational psychology intersect in the study of work and workplaces. Thus, the project crossed boundaries between psychological disciplines, as well as reaching outside psychology. This unique cross-disciplinary effort enabled the team to bring strong measurement and analysis techniques to bear on understanding both the physical conditions in open-plan offices and the effects of those conditions on occupants. |
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| Publication date | 2004-06-10 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NRC number | NRCC 45681
NRC-IRC-16436 |
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| NPARC number | 20378127 |
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| Record identifier | ae5626ed-2351-4a9d-97b0-91067d69784c |
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| Record created | 2012-07-24 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-17 |
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