@article{f4fa6d72e34248419e286bba8aa68c1a,
title = "Personality, workstation type, task focus, and happiness in the workplace",
abstract = "The current study adds to the emerging interest in workplace person-environmental associations by exploring the interaction between employee personality traits and office workstation type (open bench seating, cubicle, private office) in predicting on-task focus and happiness. To capture an ecologically valid assessment of such interactions, 231 federal office workers completed momentary and global, one-time surveys. While global focus ratings were highest for private offices workers, there were no differences between workstation types in momentary focus ratings. Open bench seating was more beneficial to momentary focus and happiness for employees high in extraversion, while detrimental to momentary focus for those high on neuroticism. These results illustrate the importance of considering personality when designing work spaces that improve employee focus and happiness.",
keywords = "ESM, Focus, Happiness, Personality, Workstation type",
author = "Erica Baranski and Casey Lindberg and Brian Gilligan and Fisher, {Julia M.} and Kelli Canada and Judith Heerwagen and Kevin Kampschroer and Esther Sternberg and Mehl, {Matthias R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This project was a collaboration between the U.S. General Services Administration, the University of Arizona, the Baylor College of Medicine, and Aclima Inc. The authors wish to thank all federal workers who accepted to be volunteers for the purpose of this study. None of the volunteers received funding or other compensation for participation in this study. The Wellbuilt for Wellbeing Project Team include: Kevin Kampschroer, Judith Heerwagen and Brian Gilligan of GSA. Esther Sternberg, Perry Skeath, Casey Lindberg, Erica Baranski, Julia Fisher, Dean Billheimer, Shripad Sinari and Matthias Mehl of the University of Arizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing and Performance. Bijan Najafi, Javad Razjouyan, Hyoki Lee, and Hung Nguyen of the Baylor College of Medicine Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance. Sudha Ram, Faiz Curim and Karthik Srinivasian of the University of Arizona INSITE Center for Business Intelligence and Analytics. Kelli Canada of LMI Priya Saha, Rebecca Goldfinger-Fein, Alicia Darbishire, and Mills Wallace of the Federal Occupational Health Service. Davida Herzl, Reuben Herzl, Melissa Lunden, Nicole Goebel, and Scott Andrews of Aclima Inc. Casey Lindberg, Erica Baranski, and Julia Fisher prepared the primary drafts of the manuscript. Casey Lindberg managed participant recruitment and data collection. Kelli Canada served as data collection administrator. Julia Fisher conducted all data analysis. Matthias Mehl, Brian Gilligan, Esther Sternberg, Kevin Kampschroer, and Judith Heerwagen provided substantial input into subsequent drafts and the final manuscript. All authors approved the final preregistration and submission. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.jrp.2022.104337",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "103",
journal = "Journal of Research in Personality",
issn = "0092-6566",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}