Office Design’s Impact on Psychosocial Work Environment and Emotional Health

• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21040438
• Publication Date: 2024-04-03T12:42:34Z
• Authors: Christina Bodin D...; Töres Theorell
• Keywords: Work environment; Open plan; Emotional support; Emotional health

This study explores the association between office design and (a) psychosocial work environment (b) emotional health among 4352 employees in seven different designs. A multivariate linear regression analysis was performed with adjustments for age educational level men women separately. Results show that factors exhaustion differ both designs genders, best outcomes cell offices, except psychological demands are rated most favourable shared-room offices. Cell offices small open-plan a strong beneficial women. Among men, hot-desking is problematic regarding exhaustion. Women rate low combi-office report open