4 ms·
Is there any study that shows that adding distractions to people and removing personal privacy makes them more productive and/or lowers stress hormones? For ex
by opo 9y ago
Is there any study that shows that adding distractions to people and removing personal privacy makes them more productive and/or lowers stress hormones?
For example:
>...In 2011, the organizational psychologist Matthew Davis reviewed more than a hundred studies about office environments. He found that, though open offices often fostered a symbolic sense of organizational mission, making employees feel like part of a more laid-back, innovative enterprise, they were damaging to the workers’ attention spans, productivity, creative thinking, and satisfaction.
http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-trap http://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-open-office-t...