The Workplace Window View: A Determinant of Office Workers’ Work Ability and Job Satisfaction

Landscape Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-75

  Lottrup, Lene ^a   Stigsdotter, Ulrika K ^a   Meilby, Henrik ^a   Claudi, Anne Grete ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Green outdoor environment; perception; view characteristics; view satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921604600     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2013.829806     Document Type: Article

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