I heard the same, but there is no peer reviewed paper that has ever claimed that open office environments foster collaboration or assist communication. Rather,

I heard the same, but there is no peer reviewed paper that has ever claimed that open office environments foster collaboration or assist communication. Rather, every single study has asserted that it decreases communication. Yet, it's clung to. Which is why I think it's purely a cost saving (or flexibility?) move. Office managers must love not having to care about how teams are sized? Only thing I can think of.