Post Covid, telecommunication, biophilic elements, sustainable features, limited knowledge, green office, green office design, urban businesses, working-from-home complexities, urban centers, traditional office, office settings, community-minded, employee health, covid-19, remote work, working conditions
The pandemic triggered the revolution of telecommunication, which brought different problems with it, among which are workers' low productivity and well-being. Green office design, proactive in applying biophilic elements and sustainable features, looks likely to diminish these issues. Nevertheless, more current studies of its usage in virtual professional workplaces in the post-COVID setting are needed. Home offices have become a necessity, as every employee has to transition to a remote work setup. Desk jobs supported efficiency and connectedness. Remote work could not provide this. Bringing green office design principles into houses as a potential answer appears promising, although its success as a residential and urban development alternative has yet to be assessed. While there is limited knowledge of how green office design for urban businesses can affect the productivity and well-being of employees, research in this area is beginning to provide some promising insights. While the sound results of various studies might be known, the why question is still up in the air. This paper uncovers the underlying factors, expanding on strategies to build on the findings for healthy, awe-inspiring environments that continue to thrive in the wake of the pandemic era.
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[...] Problem Statement Now, the knowledge of how green office design affects people's productivity and well-being at work needs to be improved in the urban business fields. As Sadick & Kamardeen (2020) and Hähn et al. (2021) have proved in their recent research, green office designs have led to significant enhancements in employees' morale, job satisfaction level, and overall well-being. The exact processes involved in the beneficial effects are, however, not well understood yet. Although these outcomes are appreciated, no one knows the particular green office design components that are responsible for them precisely. [...]
[...] Therefore, it requires investigation into how different aspects of green office design, namely, biophilic elements, natural light, and indoor plants in the home office, can contribute to employee well-being and productivity in urban areas. Through filling this research gap, organizations will be able to get a deeper understanding of the sort of feedback that they need to build perfect remote working environments that can keep employees healthy and happy in the post-pandemic period. Background of the Problem The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, to a large extent, influenced work to the point of changing the picture of the workplace as remote work was incorporated with the COVID-19 pandemic in almost every sector around the globe. [...]
[...] A., Jadhav, P. V., Shirkande, S. T., & Shelke, N. (2023). Occupational Health in the Digital Age: Implications for Remote Work Environments. South Eastern European Journal of Public Health, 97-110. https://seejph.com/index.php/seejph/article/view/444 Sadick, A. M., & Kamardeen, I. (2020). Enhancing employees' performance and well-being with nature exposure embedded office workplace design. Journal of Building Engineering https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101789 Surma, M. J. [...]
[...] The quick transition to remote work, however, made office workers start using their comfortably arranged home offices without the amenities and ergonomics that they found in their original companies. The lack of a designated workplace, the distractions from household tasks, and the limited access to such features as natural elements made the work of staff inefficient and aggravated their health (Bergefurt et al., 2023). As a result of the mentioned challenges, companies started discovering different methods of managing remote work and ensuring a comfortable home work experience for their workers. [...]
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