The effect of sound on office productivity

Building Services Engineering Research and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 339-345

  Mak, C M ^a   Lui, Y P ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; CUT-POINT; HONG-KONG; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NOISE SOURCE; OFFICE DESIGN; OFFICE LAYOUTS; OFFICE WORKERS; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PRODUCTIVITY; SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84863695617     PISSN: 01436244     EISSN: 14770849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143624411412253     Document Type: Article

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