TITLE:
Office Work Innovation: What about Wellbeing?
AUTHORS:
Veerle Hermans
KEYWORDS:
Offices, Innovation, Wellbeing, Ergonomics
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Economy,
Vol.7 No.7,
July
21,
2016
ABSTRACT: Offices nowadays are looking very attractive: design furniture, trendy
colours, fancy lighting, art objects and even an ecological touch. These
offices are often linked to new ways of working, further explained by concepts
such as flex work, telework, shared office work, cloud work etc. But what are the
effects of these changing environments on the wellbeing of the workers? And do
these trendy offices really increase ergonomics at work? In this paper, first a
brief history on the development and evolution of office environments is given.
Furthermore, an analysis of some pitfalls in today’s offices is presented. For
each pitfall, some advice is given on how to reduce the problems.