The relative benefits of green versus lean office space: Three field experiments

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 199-214

  Nieuwenhuis, Marlon ^a   Knight, Craig ^b   Postmes, Tom ^c   Haslam, S Alexander ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Office; Plants; Productivity; Space; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FURNITURE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLANT; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84906886170     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xap0000024     Document Type: Article

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