Greenspace as workplace: benefits, challenges and essentialities in the physical environment

VL Lygum, K Dupret, P Bentsen, D Djernis… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is a scarcity of knowledge regarding the potential benefits of human–nature contact
within the context of working life. Even more limited is the research that focuses on working …

Outdoor Space Design and its Effect on Mental Work Performance in a Subtropical Climate

Y Luo, X Ma, J Li, C Wang, R de Dear, S Lu - Building and Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the stress resulting from high-density urbanisation, a premium is being placed on the
restorative benefits of outdoor spaces for city dwellers. Outdoor spaces are increasingly …

Understanding the perceived benefits of nature for creativity

E Ratcliffe, B Gatersleben, PT Sowden… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Experience of nature is widely linked to well‐being, including psychological restoration.
Benefits to creativity have been explored in a limited number of studies which refer to …

Interdisciplinary approach to defining outdoor places of knowledge work: quantified photo analysis

A Herneoja, E Rönkkö, A Haapakangas… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Working outdoors is an emerging, sparsely studied phenomenon in knowledge
work. Office tasks have traditionally been considered to belong to indoor environments. The …

The outdoor office: a pilot study of environmental qualities, experiences of office workers, and work-related well-being

C Söderlund, LA de la Fuente Suárez… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Outdoor office work is an emerging aspect of the concept of 'new ways of working', but only
sparse data are available about the environmental qualities of the outdoor office space …

Engaging with nature and work: associations among the built and natural environment, experiences outside, and job engagement and creativity

RM Brossoit, TL Crain, JJ Leslie, GG Fisher… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction There is substantial evidence that contact with nature is related to positive
health and well-being outcomes, but extensions of this research to work-related outcomes is …

Developing outdoor spaces for work and study—an explorative place-making process

M Jansson, F Mårtensson, N Vogel - Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The development of outdoor spaces for work and study is part of a larger
transition toward sustainable communities, which can take advantage of more flexible ways …

Facilitators and barriers for using outdoor areas in the primary work tasks of eldercare workers in nursing homes

SS Jacobsen, M Vilhelmsen, L Lottrup… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Eldercare workers in nursing homes report high musculoskeletal disorders,
stressful work, and sickness absence. Initiatives that can accommodate these issues are …

Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Outdoor Office Work—A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study

C Petersson Troije, E Lisberg Jensen, D Redmalm… - Challenges, 2024 - mdpi.com
White-collar workers around the world are reconfiguring their ways of working. Some have
found their way out, performing office work outdoors, through walk-and-talks, outdoor …

Unlocking the Transformative Potential of Outdoor Office Work—A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study

CP Troije, EL Jensen, D Redmalm, LW Gustin - Challenges, 2024 - search.proquest.com
White-collar workers around the world are reconfiguring their ways of working. Some have
found their way out, performing office work outdoors, through walk-and-talks, outdoor …