Evaluation of workplace environment, worker satisfaction and productivity when working from home for covid-19 control

Tokumura Tomoko; Takahashi Hiroki; Kuwayama Kinuko; Wada Kazuki; Kuroki Tomohiro; Takahashi Mikio; Akiyama Yukiho; Takahashi Shusuke; Shinoda Jun; Jun Nakagawa; Tanabe Shin-Ichi

doi:10.3130/aije.86.441

Evaluation of workplace environment, worker satisfaction and productivity when working from home for covid-19 control

Tokumura Tomoko, Takahashi Hiroki, Kuwayama Kinuko, Wada Kazuki, Kuroki Tomohiro, Takahashi Mikio, Akiyama Yukiho, Takahashi Shusuke, Shinoda Jun, Jun Nakagawa, Tanabe Shin-Ichi

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Abstract

As a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, telecommuting has been recommended by many companies since March 2020 in Japan. The purpose of this study is to clarify the impact of working from home on the individual satisfaction and productivity of workers. In this paper, trends in workplace environment and workers subjective evaluation of working from home and at the office were investigated. As a result of the survey, the satisfaction level for indoor environmental quality was improved at home. On the other hand, the degree of satisfaction with interpersonal communication was significantly lower at home than at work.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-450
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Environmental Engineering (Japan)
Volume	86
Issue number	783
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3130/aije.86.441
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Activity based working
Communication
Environmental Satisfaction
Questionnaire Survey
Working from home
Workplace productivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering

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