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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23076| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue |
| Authors: | Weber, Clara Gatersleben, Birgitta |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066 10.21256/zhaw-23076 |
| Published in: | Journal of Corporate Real Estate |
| Volume(Issue): | 24 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page(s): | 21 |
| Pages to: | 39 |
| Issue Date: | 21-Jun-2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Emerald |
| ISSN: | 1463-001X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | ABW; Cognitive appraisal; Office design; Privacy; Work fatigue; Work satisfaction |
| Subject (DDC): | 331: Labor economics |
| Abstract: | Introduction: Privacy fit is a frequently reported issue in open office environments, yet its context, predictors and consequences remain understudied. Theory: This study builds on Altman’s (1975) privacy regulation model and the cognitive appraisal theory as a transactional model of stress to examine the effect of an office move (and associated changes in settings, protocols and autonomy) on changes in privacy fit, privacy-related coping appraisal, as well as changes in satisfaction and fatigue. Methods: Data was collected over two points of measurement from 61 office workers who moved from a standard open-plan office to an office that is activity based. The first questionnaire was distributed six weeks prior to the office move and the follow-up questionnaire approximately eight months after. With its longitudinal design, this study extends past research by demonstrating the changing nature of privacy fit and revealing predictors of change in privacy fit and coping appraisal. Results: Cross-lagged autoregression analysis of change confirmed suggested predictors such as increase in variety of settings and in adherence of others to protocols that positively influenced post-move privacy fit. Further, change in coping appraisal post move was predicted by an increase in perceived environmental and behavioural flexibility. Changes in privacy fit and appraisal were associated with increases in job and workplace satisfaction and decreases in emotional and mental work fatigue post move. Originality/Value: Results could inform physical workplace design as well as cultural interventions in organisations. To our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the psychological process of privacy experience by using a transactional model of stress. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/23076 |
| Fulltext version: | Accepted version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Facility Management (IFM) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Weber, C., & Gatersleben, B. (2021). Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 24(1), 21–39. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066
Weber, C. and Gatersleben, B. (2021) ‘Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue’, Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 24(1), pp. 21–39. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066.
C. Weber and B. Gatersleben, “Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue,” Journal of Corporate Real Estate, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 21–39, Jun. 2021, doi: 10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066.
WEBER, Clara und Birgitta GATERSLEBEN, 2021. Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue. Journal of Corporate Real Estate. 21 Juni 2021. Bd. 24, Nr. 1, S. 21–39. DOI 10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066
Weber, Clara, and Birgitta Gatersleben. 2021. “Office Relocation : Changes in Privacy Fit, Satisfaction, and Fatigue.” Journal of Corporate Real Estate 24 (1): 21–39. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066.
Weber, Clara, and Birgitta Gatersleben. “Office Relocation : Changes in Privacy Fit, Satisfaction, and Fatigue.” Journal of Corporate Real Estate, vol. 24, no. 1, June 2021, pp. 21–39, https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066.
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