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2019
Conference Paper
Titel
Multispace Office. Implications of Work Environment Choice for Organizational Innovation
Abstract
Work environment choice and change are important but still largely underestimated managerial decisions not considering the long-term impact of the choice made on the organization. This paper presents findings from an empirical study based on an online-survey of work environment experts, both on the supply-side and on the demand-side in Germany (n=1,067). The results suggest that there is a type of office environments - the so-called multispace office - that from an organizational development perspective is in many ways superior to all other office types. If there are a range of different spatial options available in the workspace, and if all employees can use these options on a flexible basis, the working environment provides a significantly higher support function to the organization. Consequently, the choice of the work environment has implications on the implementation of organizational innovations.