Occupational and Consumer Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Work. 2021;68(2):317-332. doi: 10.3233/WOR-203378.
There has been a trend to implement open space offices: wide-spread office floors with modern and colourful furniture. However, there is limited scientific knowledge on the effects of Open Space Offices (OSO). Studies are scarce and show heterogeneous results.
By using the Job Demands-Resources model as a conceptual framework, the present study aimed at investigating the influence of subjective and objective features of the OSO (i.e., office size, desk-sharing, openness) next to classical psychosocial working conditions (i.e., demands, resources) on irritation and subjective well-being.
Cross-sectional and longitudinal data out of four different organisations (490 participants, 43.73 years of age, SD = 12.02) were used.
Results showed that both features of the OSO and working conditions play a role in well-being at work. In line with current studies, job demands and resources contributed more to irritation and subjective well-being than features of the OSO.
The influence of traditional psychosocial working conditions has so far been neglected in research on OSOs. However, their contribution to employees' well-being next to features of the OSO could explain the heterogeneous findings of the existing research on well-being in OSOs. Thus, when implementing OSOs, employees' well-being can only be enhanced if working conditions are targeted in parallel.
开放式办公空间的趋势已经出现：广泛采用现代和多彩的家具的开放式办公楼层。然而，关于开放式办公空间（OSO）的影响，科学知识有限。研究稀缺且结果各异。
本研究以工作要求-资源模型为概念框架，旨在调查 OSO 的主观和客观特征（即办公室大小、共用办公桌、开放性）以及经典的心理社会工作条件（即需求、资源）对刺激和主观幸福感的影响。
使用来自四个不同组织的横截面和纵向数据（490 名参与者，年龄 43.73 岁，标准差=12.02）。
结果表明，OSO 的特征和工作条件都对工作幸福感起着作用。与当前的研究一致，工作要求和资源对刺激和主观幸福感的贡献大于 OSO 的特征。
在 OSO 研究中，传统的心理社会工作条件的影响迄今为止一直被忽视。然而，它们对员工幸福感的贡献除了 OSO 的特征之外，还可以解释现有关于 OSO 幸福感的研究结果的异质性。因此，在实施 OSO 时，如果要针对工作条件进行目标设定，才能提高员工的幸福感。
