Office productivity: A shift from cost reduction to human contribution

Facilities

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 452-462

  Haynes, Barry P ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee productivity; Office layout; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548011726     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770710822562     Document Type: Article

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