Designing for interaction in research environments: A case study

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-420

  Lansdale, Mark ^a   Parkin, Jennifer ^b   Austin, Simon ^b   Baguley, Thom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Higher education; Interaction; Privacy; Research; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053582558     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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