Title
Effects of the office environment on health and productivity 1: Auditory and visual distraction
Author
de Korte, E.
Kuijt-Evers, L.
Vink, P.
TNO Kwaliteit van Leven
Publication year
2007
Abstract
A pilot experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of visual or auditory distraction in an office environment on productivity, concentration and emotion. Ten subjects performed a simple, standardized computer task in five conditions (undisturbed, 3 variations of auditory distraction and visual distraction). Results showed no effects of visual and auditory distraction on productivity, concentration and emotion. This implies that typical problems of open office environments, like noise and other types of distraction, are of no influence on productivity while performing simple computer tasks. However, it is possible that the used method and factors like habituation, type of distraction and type of task were of influence on the results. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2007.
Subject
Ergonomics
Arbeidsproductiviteit
Distraction
Health
Office
Productivity
Medical problems
Occupational diseases
Problem solving
Productivity
Auditory distraction
Computer tasks
Office environment
Health care
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TNO identifier
240370
ISBN
9783540733324
ISSN
0302-9743
Source
International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2007, 22 July 2007 through 27 July 2007, Beijing, Conference code: 70883, 4566 LNCS, 26-33
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Document type
conference paper