Concurrents – Environmental Psychology: Working in the Den
Pseudo-dens (or pseudo-living rooms, depending on how your family lives) were initially spotted in workplaces several years ago. Sofas and somehow coordinated one person seats first appeared in clusters at NeoCon and from there it was simply a matter of time before they made their way into the wide, wide world. In dens (and even in some living rooms), people can stretch out on sofas and maybe even put their feet up. Depending on corporate and national culture, it’s possible to sit casually in workplace pseudo-dens and sometimes shift the furniture around a little bit – environmental psychology has shown these actions can have desirable performance effects. Some people, because of their personalities, like to sit slightly closer to each other (extraverts) or further away (introverts). The same goes for cultures, some favor smaller personal spaces than others. Research has even shown that extraverts are more likely to furnish their …
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