The influence of lunch breaks on afternoon productivity

Anri Itoh*, Shinichi Tanabe

*この研究の対応する著者

研究成果: Paper査読

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Recently, intellectual productivity has been considered important for working in offices. The factors that affect intellectual productivity during work include the indoor environment, tiredness, and job motivation. Activities such as social communication or refreshing oneself that lead to recovery from tiredness or increased motivation often take place during the lunch break. In this study, a questionnaire survey as well as physical environmental measurements and visual inspections were conducted to capture the effect of lunch breaks on office workers’ intellectual productivity in the afternoon. Workers tended to be satisfied with the space when the room temperature or CO2 concentration was lower. Workers who took naps, used the cafeteria or a relaxation space, or had high expectations of recovering from fatigue tended to report that their work efficiency increased. Further, there was tendency that the number of actions to recover from fatigue in the afternoon decreased as compared with those in the morning for those who had better satisfaction with the space where they spent most of their time during the lunch break. This suggests that how workers spend their lunch break has a positive impact on their afternoon productivity.

本文言語English
出版ステータスPublished - 2015
イベントHealthy Buildings Europe 2015, HB 2015 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
継続期間: 2015 5月 182015 5月 20

Other

OtherHealthy Buildings Europe 2015, HB 2015
国/地域Netherlands
CityEindhoven
Period15/5/1815/5/20

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 土木構造工学

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