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Effects of open plan workspaces on job satisfaction: a study on software development professionals in Colombo

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dc.contributor.author Naranpanawa, YI
dc.contributor.author Hettiarachchi, AA
dc.contributor.editor Samarawickrama, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-07T07:01:21Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-07T07:01:21Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/16432
dc.description.abstract People in the modern world spend most of their time in workspaces. Yet these workspaces are rarely designed to promote humane aspects. Open plan offices are getting popular despite their effect on people. Recently there is a boost in the local information technology field where many young people work. Therefore identifying effects of open plan workspaces on workers’ job satisfaction has become vital. Vision is the prominent way of experiencing a space and spatial layout decides the occupant’s visibility in a space or through spaces, creating sense of privacy and interaction. Even though several organizational and environmental factors affect job satisfaction, this paper focuses only on visibility and privacy levels in open plan offices. Visibility graph analysis was recognized as a quantitative analysis tool to measure spatial configuration and a self-reported questionnaire survey was launched to collect qualitative measures on user experience. The analysis proves that different open plan configurations have different visibility patterns and create different levels of privacy. Higher satisfaction levels are reported from software company workers in open plan offices and increased privacy levels are identified in offices having individual workstations with different levels of visibility, which promote flexibility and adaptability within the workspace. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Workspace design en_US
dc.subject Open plan offices en_US
dc.subject Visibility Graph Analysis en_US
dc.subject Job satisfaction en_US
dc.title Effects of open plan workspaces on job satisfaction: a study on software development professionals in Colombo en_US
dc.type Conference-Full-text en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.year 2018 en_US
dc.identifier.conference “Sustainability for people” envisaging multi disciplinary solution en_US
dc.identifier.place Galle en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos 34-41p. en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding 11th International Conference of Faculty of Architecture Research Unit (FARU - 2018) en_US
dc.identifier.email yash.naranpanawa@gmail.com en_US
dc.identifier.email anishka_h@yahoo.com en_US


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