Research Design Connection: Health and Workplace Design
Roskams and Haynes studied how workplace design can promote employee health. Via a literature review they distinguished “three components of an employee’s ‘sense of coherence’ (comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness), an individual orientation associated with more positive health outcomes…Comprehensibility can be supported by effectively implementing a clear set of rules governing the use of the workplace. Manageability can be supported through biophilic design solutions, and through design which supports social cohesion and physical activity. Meaningfulness can be supported by recognizing the importance of personal identity expression and through design which reinforces the employees’ sense of purpose…The key contribution of this paper is to encourage researchers and practitioners to recognize the crucial role that an individual’s sense of coherence plays in supporting higher levels of physical and mental health.” Michael Roskams and Barry Haynes. 2019. “Salutogenic Workplace Design: A Conceptual Framework for Supporting Sense of Coherence Through Environmental Resources.” Journal of Corporate …
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