PMID- 30246624
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20191125
LR  - 20191125
IS  - 1366-5847 (Electronic)
IS  - 0014-0139 (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - Policies in Activity-based Flexible Offices -'I am sloppy with clean-desking. We 
      don't really know the rules.'.
PG  - 1-20
LID - 10.1080/00140139.2018.1516805 [doi]
AB  - Activity-based Flexible Offices (A-FOs) are offices with unassigned desks that 
      provide a variety of workspaces. This paper presents desk-sharing and speech 
      rules identified in A-FOs in four Swedish organisations, the emergence of and 
      compliance with these rules, and their consequences for work conditions. Data 
      collection involved 105 semi-structured interviews, document analyses, and 
      observations. The identified rules were: (1) to remove belongings, (2) temporal 
      restrictions on using the same workstations, (3) temporal restrictions on using 
      scarce zones, (4) restrictions on verbal interactions, and (5) restrictions on 
      phone conversations. The cases with extensive user involvement in their planning 
      process had explicit unambiguous rules. A better compliance with rules occurred 
      when (i) the employees were well-prepared and had a unified understanding 
      regarding how and why to follow the rules, (ii) the rules were explicitly 
      communicated and were regarded as easy to follow, and (iii) following the rules 
      facilitated work and improved work conditions. Practitioner summary: Five rules 
      were identified for applying desk-sharing and speech policies in A-FOs. Extensive 
      user involvement resulted in having well-defined and explicitly communicated 
      rules, and prepared employees for how to use the A-FO. Implicit and ambiguous 
      rules led to conflicting interpretations, disregarding rules, and were associated 
      with more negative work conditions.
FAU - Babapour Chafi, Maral
AU  - Babapour Chafi M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8620-2329
AD  - a Division Design & Human Factors, Department of Industrial and Materials Science 
      , Chalmers University of Technology , Gothenburg , Sweden.
FAU - Rolfo, Linda
AU  - Rolfo L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2691-3580
AD  - b Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, School of Chemistry, 
      Biotechnology, and Health , KTH, Royal Institute of Technology , Huddinge , 
      Sweden.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190120
PL  - England
TA  - Ergonomics
JT  - Ergonomics
JID - 0373220
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Communication
MH  - *Ergonomics
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interpersonal Relations
MH  - Male
MH  - Models, Organizational
MH  - Sweden
MH  - Workplace/organization & administration/*psychology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Activity-based working (ABW)
OT  - codes of conduct
OT  - desk-sharing and speech policies
OT  - implementation
OT  - planning process
OT  - work conditions
OT  - work environment design
EDAT- 2018/09/25 06:00
MHDA- 2019/11/26 06:00
CRDT- 2018/09/25 06:00
PHST- 2018/09/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/09/25 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/00140139.2018.1516805 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ergonomics. 2019 Jan;62(1):1-20. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2018.1516805. Epub 2019 
      Jan 20.