Personality and interior office design: Exploring the accuracy of visitor attributions

Examined the relationship between office design (desk and seating arrangements) and occupant personality in a field study of 40 university faculty occupying single offices. Measures included Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, Least Preferred Co-Worker (LPC) Scale, and the Extrav...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 1983-08, Vol.68 (3), p.541-544
Main Authors: McElroy, James C, Morrow, Paula C, Ackerman, Ronald J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
College Teachers
Extraversion
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Interior Design
Internal External Locus of Control
Introversion
Least Preferred Coworker Scale
Office layout
Personality
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Statistical analysis
Studies
Working Space
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Summary:Examined the relationship between office design (desk and seating arrangements) and occupant personality in a field study of 40 university faculty occupying single offices. Measures included Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale, Least Preferred Co-Worker (LPC) Scale, and the Extraversion scale from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Ss using open-desk and seating arrangements exhibited greater locus of control and extraversion, whereas interpersonal LPC orientation was associated with only open-desk placement. Implications of a linkage between office design and personality, including the veridicality of visitor attributions, are discussed. (19 ref)
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.68.3.541