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
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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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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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