Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise

Windlinger Inversini, Lukas

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Windlinger Inversini, Lukas	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-06-01T09:35:12Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-06-01T09:35:12Z	-
dc.date.issued	2008	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/6392	-
dc.description.abstract	Noise is among the most frequent complaints in offices. A common reaction of facilities managers to noise complaints in offices is the measurement of physical noise. This approach, however, is not very promising because it is based on the wrong assumption that intensity of physical noise is important in individual office noise experience. Based on the results of a survey with 82 office workers in two different office buildings and the corresponding measurement of physical noise, I argue that non-physical noise characteristics and individual attributes are far more important than intensity of physical noise. Multivariate regression analyses show that the experience of noise is explained by non-physical noise characteristics such as the informational content of noise, sources of noise, individual task and office environment related assessments of task privacy, and traits (sensitivity to noise). Data indicate that physical noise intensity measurements are not related to the experience of noise in any way. Rather, individual noise experience is explained best by sensitivity to noise and ability to concentrate together with ratings of non-physical noise characteristics. These findings indicate that the experience of noise of middle intensity is best explained by a person-environment framework and not by an environmental attributes approach. Implications for facilities management and for further research in office noise are discussed.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.rights	Licence according to publishing contract	de_CH
dc.subject	Büro	de_CH
dc.subject	Workplace	de_CH
dc.subject	Lärm	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	331: Arbeitsökonomie	de_CH
dc.title	Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise	de_CH
dc.type	Konferenz: Sonstiges	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	Life Sciences und Facility Management	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Facility Management (IFM)	de_CH
zhaw.conference.details	CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008	de_CH
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Not specified	de_CH
zhaw.webfeed	Workplace Management	de_CH
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Windlinger Inversini, L. (2008). Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise. CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008.

Windlinger Inversini, L. (2008) ‘Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise’, in CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008.

L. Windlinger Inversini, “Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise,” in CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008, 2008.

WINDLINGER INVERSINI, Lukas, 2008. Individual and situational influences on perceived office noise. In: CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008. Conference presentation. 2008

Windlinger Inversini, Lukas. 2008. “Individual and Situational Influences on Perceived Office Noise.” Conference presentation. In CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008.

Windlinger Inversini, Lukas. “Individual and Situational Influences on Perceived Office Noise.” CIB W70 International Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh, Scotland, 16-18 June 2008, 2008.