Highlights – October 2015

New research published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology indicates that, particularly for women, the risk of conflict at work increases in so-called combi-offices and flex-offices.

Flex-offices are activity-based designs that offer employees a choice of work environments for different activities. But this means no one has his or her own individual workstation.

On the other hand, combi-offices offer individual workspaces but are designed for team-based work. In a combi-office, one of the researche.....