Space for thought: Designing for knowledge workers

Facilities

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-30

  Greene, C ^a   Myerson, J ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551499031     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771111101304     Document Type: Article

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