This paper focuses on issues of identity and identification in a UK-based institution higher education (Westville' Institute). It is suggested that identity, both individual collective, the processes which bind people to organizations, are constituted personal shared narratives author their efforts make sense world read meaning into lives. The research contribution this makes threefold. First, it illustrates how an organization's narrative evolves over time, variety narratives, including...

The original research contribution of this article is in its advocacy autoethnographic vignettes as a means enhancing the representational richness and reflexivity qualitative research. A personal story career change used to illustrate how accounts enriched by addition detail can provide glimpses into what Van Maanen called “the ethnographer’s own taken-for-granted understandings social world under scrutiny.” Although overall aim respond Dyer Wilkins’s exhortation scholars that they should...

Abstract Using available data of outdoor temperatures in a given locality, it is possible, the author suggests, to forecast range that occupants will require indoors order feel comfortable—and this could have important implications for building design and economy. The Head Human Factors Section at UK Bulding Research Establishment.

From studies of the behaviour children in classrooms and workers offices, this article suggests that we should pay more attention to way people react positively their thermal environment, by changes clothing, metabolic rate modifications environment itself. The reactions will be constrained social pressures, but whole tend towards a self-regulating system. Design might therefore concentrate on how allow for control mechanisms operate rather than trying establish optimum indoor climates,...

What are the various ways in which evaluation of several aspects indoor environment might combine to form an occupant's overall assessment that environment? Data from environmental survey 26 offices Europe (the Smart Controls and Thermal Comfort, or SCATs, project) used. These show dissatisfaction with one more does not necessarily produce overall. Conversely, satisfaction aspect total environment. Building occupants balance good features against bad reach their assessment. Not all equally...

abstract This paper analyses how three distinct cohorts of workers in a recently merged UK‐based College Further Education understood their group and organization's identities. We focus particular, but not exclusively on the groups’ shared understandings ‘place’ informed identity accounts. Identities are theorized as being constituted within discursive regimes, place treated resource which individuals groups may draw attempts to author versions selves. In our case, were also some people drew...

This interpretive study of change in a U.K.-based college focuses on the divergent understandings senior managers and two distinct cohorts their subordinates postmerger situation. The authors found that told narrative epic change, whereas subordinate groups both authored recognizably tragic narratives. research contribution this article makes is threefold. First, they argue groups' narrations working lives are influenced by psychological processes (such as categorization, self-enhancement,...

Abstract The experimental basis of the adaptive approach to thermal comfort is field study. Since publication Bedford's study in 1936, many researchers have collected data on people's everyday conditions. principal assemblages are those Humphreys (1975; 1978; 1981), de Dear et al (1997), (1998), and Brager (1998) McCartney Nicol (2001). In addition there exist numerous studies not included any assemblage. come from a variety climates countries, people buildings that heated or cooled...

Throughout our adult lives we have both been haunted by a certain sense of doubleness—a feeling dislocation, being in the wrong place, playing role. Inspired Stevenson’s novel Strange Case Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde explore this doubleness through evocative, dual, autoethnographic accounts academic conferences. By analysing stories an iterative process writing, reading, rewriting rereading, seek to extend reach much recent research. Presenting ourselves as objects research, show how, for us,...

This investigation of the window-opening data from extensive field surveys in UK office buildings demonstrates: (1) how people control indoor environment by opening windows; (2) cooling potential and (3) use an 'adaptive algorithm' for predicting behaviour thermal simulation ESP-r. It was found that when window open mean outdoor temperatures were higher than closed, but it shown nonetheless there a useful effect window. The adaptive algorithm then used studies some typical designs. results...

This study investigates the seasonal adaptation to temperature that occurs in Japanese offices, with a view suggesting an adaptive model for them. Temperatures were measured 11 office buildings and thermal comfort transverse surveys of occupants conducted over year Tokyo Yokohama areas Japan. A total 4660 samples collected from about 1350 people. The found be highly satisfied environment their offices. Even though government recommends indoor setting 28°C cooling 20°C heating, globe was...

In order to quantify the seasonal differences in comfort temperature and develop a domestic adaptive model for Japanese dwellings, thermal measurements, survey, an occupant behaviour survey were conducted 4 years living bedrooms of dwellings Kanto region Japan. We have collected 36,114 votes from 244 residents 120 dwellings. The results show that are highly satisfied with environment their People well-adapted condition thus has large free running mode (FR): 9.4 K. An housing was derived data...