Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study whether researchers from different disciplines have different requirements for workplaces. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review aimed to understand the academic workplace requirements of different disciplines. The empirical data were gathered by a national survey conducted in Finland. Open-ended questions accumulated answers, which were analysed and clustered. Findings: The analysis implies that the majority of researchers in all the disciplinary categories required places that support both concentration and interaction. When comparing those researchers who asked for a place that only supports either concentration or interaction, the majority of those working in soft-pure disciplines required spaces to support concentration and those in soft-applied disciplines required spaces to support interaction. Researchers from hard disciplines – both applied and pure – consider places supporting concentration or interaction to be equally important. Research limitations/implications: The weakness of this study is the generalisability, as this survey was conducted in Finland. The analysis emphasised diversity between disciplines without analysing diversity within disciplines. Practical implications: Facilities and real estate managers can gain a deeper understanding of the academics’ workplace requirements, which in turn can help them to enhance workplace support of productivity at the same time as cutting real estate costs. Originality/value: This study contributes to the body of research on academic office design.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 36-54 |
Journal | Journal of Corporate Real Estate |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Academic
- Concentration
- Discipline
- Interaction
- Requirement
- Workplace
Publication forum classification
- Publication forum level 1
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Business,Management and Accounting
- Finance