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Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we've measured the effects

  • Written by Libby (Elizabeth) Sander, Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
Open-plan office noise increases stress and worsens mood: we've measured the effectsMonkey Business Images/Shutterstock

If you’ve ever felt your noisy open-plan office makes you cranky and sends your heart racing, our new research shows you aren’t imagining it.

Prior to the pandemic 70% of office-based employees worked in open-plan offices. Employee complaints about this design are rife.

Yet there is little experimental...

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