Working in "cubicle city"? New studies suggest you might not be working at the highest level of productivity due to noise, distractions, and bad office layout.
Research was reported in Journal of Facilities Management, available in full-text through University Libraries.
"The impact of office layout on productivity" by Barry P. Haynes, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (vol. 6, no. 3, 2008, p. 189-201)
"Performance loss in open-plan offices due to noise by speech" by Paul Roelofsen, Grontmij|Technical Management, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (vol. 6, no. 3, 2008, p. 202-211)
"Distractions in the workplace revisited" by Kathy O. Roper and Parminder Juneja, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, p. 91-109)
