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Allison Parrish

this rings so true omg "Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction decreased significantly (approx. 70%) in [two field studies transitions to open office plans], with an associated increase in electronic interaction. In short, rather than prompting increasingly vibrant face-to-face collaboration, open architecture appeared to trigger a natural human response to socially withdraw from officemates and interact instead over email and IM." rstb.royalsocietypublishing.or

rstb.royalsocietypublishing.orgThe impact of the ‘open’ workspace on human collaborationOrganizations’ pursuit of increased workplace collaboration has led managers to transform traditional office spaces into ‘open’, transparency-enhancing architectures with fewer walls, doors and other spatial boundaries, yet there is scant direct empirical research on how human interaction patterns change as a result of these architectural changes. In two intervention-based field studies of corporate headquarters transitioning to more open office spaces, we empirically examined—using digital data from advanced wearable devices and from electronic communication servers—the effect of open office architectures on employees' face-to-face, email and instant messaging (IM) interaction patterns. Contrary to common belief, the volume of face-to-face interaction decreased significantly (approx. 70%) in both cases, with an associated increase in electronic interaction. In short, rather than prompting increasingly vibrant face-to-face collaboration, open architecture appeared to trigger a natural human response to socially withdraw from officemates and interact instead over email and IM. This is the first study to empirically measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behaviour of workspaces that trend towards fewer spatial boundaries. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Interdisciplinary approaches for uncovering the impacts of architecture on collective behaviour’.
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LÆMEUR

@aparrish It's amazing to believe that anyone who has ever lived in a city would think that taking away physical privacy would open people up to the people around them. When we're all out on the street together what do we do? We put up our psychological walls immediately -- if we didn't, we'd never get where we were going!

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Kermode

@aparrish yes I saw that too and meant to post it. thanks.

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ugh

@aparrish This is neat. I work in an office that is "open" and I'm definitely going to give this a read.

I'll also be sharing it in our office Slack. ;-)

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Glenn

@aparrish my previous IT job had a partial open area for us low-level techs. I frequently took my laptop to an unused conference room so I could schedule out my day without distraction.

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