TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between attributes of individual workers and concentration at work
AU - Sugino, Reo
AU - Shin-Ichi, Tanabe
AU - Takahashi, Mikio
AU - Tokumura, Tomoko
AU - Wada, Kazuki
AU - Kuroki, Tomohiro
AU - Nakagawa, Jun
AU - Shinoda, Jun
AU - Shinoyama, Takuma
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Takenaka Research & Development Institute. The authors would like to express sincere gratitude to all those involved in this study for their cooperation.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
PY - 2019/8/13
Y1 - 2019/8/13
N2 - Working environments are becoming far more diverse. For example, Activity-Based Working (ABW), a new style of working where workers choose their own work environment, is now attracting attention. An office that introduces ABW is comprised of various spaces, including open plan workspaces, corresponding to the ways of working. However, such an office may result in distraction. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the environmental factors that affect individual workers' concentration at work. This study aimed to ascertain the relationship between individual workers' attributes, such as the Big Five personality traits, personal control, and age, and the factors that distract them from their work. A questionnaire-based field survey was conducted at an office that partially adopted ABW to investigate the relationship between selection of seats and concentration at work. The results revealed different tendencies among workers for the type of work environment needed to concentrate according to their individual attributes. Additionally, it was suggested that the changing of seats lead to improved concentration at work, thus increasing productivity.
AB - Working environments are becoming far more diverse. For example, Activity-Based Working (ABW), a new style of working where workers choose their own work environment, is now attracting attention. An office that introduces ABW is comprised of various spaces, including open plan workspaces, corresponding to the ways of working. However, such an office may result in distraction. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the environmental factors that affect individual workers' concentration at work. This study aimed to ascertain the relationship between individual workers' attributes, such as the Big Five personality traits, personal control, and age, and the factors that distract them from their work. A questionnaire-based field survey was conducted at an office that partially adopted ABW to investigate the relationship between selection of seats and concentration at work. The results revealed different tendencies among workers for the type of work environment needed to concentrate according to their individual attributes. Additionally, it was suggested that the changing of seats lead to improved concentration at work, thus increasing productivity.
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U2 - 10.1051/e3sconf/201911102050
DO - 10.1051/e3sconf/201911102050
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85071864351
SN - 2555-0403
VL - 111
JO - E3S Web of Conferences
JF - E3S Web of Conferences
M1 - 02050
T2 - 13th REHVA World Congress, CLIMA 2019
Y2 - 26 May 2019 through 29 May 2019
ER -