Red or blue meeting rooms: Does it matter?: The impact of colour on perceived productivity, social cohesion and wellbeing

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Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-83

  Bakker, Iris ^a   van der Voordt, Theo J M ^b   de Boon, Jan ^c   Vink, Peter ^a  

^a FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c De Werkplaats GSB   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colour influences; Colours, Meeting rooms; Design; Employees productivity; Individual perception; Perceived productivity; Red and blue; Rooms; Social cohesion; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873041389     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632771311292527     Document Type: Article

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