The relation between office type and workplace conflict: A gender and noise perspective

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-171

  Danielsson, Christina Bodin ^a,b   Bodin, Lennart ^c   Wulff, Cornelia ^d,e   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental sensitivity; Gender; Interpersonal relationships; Noise; Office type; Workplace conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947909174     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.04.004     Document Type: Article

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