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• ND-0019 · 2011 · Experimental study

  Moderate-highDirect built environment

  Open-plan office noise: Cognitive performance and restoration

  Jahncke et al. Journal of Environmental Psychology

  Higher office noise impaired word memory and increased tiredness; restorative content after exposure helped recover perceived energy.

• ND-0022 · 2020 · Experimental study

  ModerateDirect built environment

  Irrelevant speech effect in open-plan offices: A laboratory study

  Kostallari et al. Applied Acoustics

  Irrelevant speech degraded aspects of cognitive task performance in an office-like context.

• ND-0072 · 2021 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  A Comparison of Psychological and Work Outcomes in Open-Plan and Cellular Office Designs: A Systematic Review

  James, Delfabbro & King. SAGE Open

  Open-plan offices were more often associated with poorer health, satisfaction and productivity-related outcomes, with noise and privacy recurring as major issues.

• ND-0073 · 2005 · Systematic review

  HighDirect built environment

  The effect of office concepts on worker health and performance: a systematic review of the literature

  de Croon et al. Ergonomics / Occupational literature

  Strong evidence linked open workplaces with reduced privacy and job satisfaction; limited evidence linked openness and close workstation distance with higher cognitive workload.

• ND-0074 · 2013 · Field survey analysis

  Moderate-highDirect built environment

  Workspace satisfaction: The privacy-communication trade-off in open-plan offices

  Kim & de Dear. Journal of Environmental Psychology

  Noise and loss of privacy were major sources of dissatisfaction, and perceived communication benefits did not offset them in more open layouts.

• ND-0119 · 2002 · Technical report

  Moderate-highDirect built environment

  Open-plan office density and environmental satisfaction

  Duval, Charles & Veitch. National Research Council Canada

  Reviews evidence that open-plan density can affect environmental satisfaction and related perceptions.

• ND-0120 · 2022 · Systematic literature review

  HighDirect built environment

  Methodological considerations in the open-plan office paradox

  Authors per journal record. Work

  Findings on open-plan outcomes depend partly on which variables and methods researchers choose, explaining some apparent contradictions.