Research Design Connections: Workplace Adjacencies
Zhou, Tagliaro, and Hua studied adjacency planning. They share that “In large organizations, space planning relies on workgroup leaders to indicate spatial adjacency preferences. . . .The authors studied a large company’s spatial adjacency planning with an in-depth analysis of its formal organizational structure and collaboration network. A sample of 183 managers was surveyed regarding groups with whom they want to be spatially adjacent and groups with whom they mostly interact. The data enabled us to test three structural factors related to adjacency preference: department affiliation, workgroup’s prestige and collaboration relation. . . . results suggest that department affiliation and collaboration relations are significantly correlated to adjacency preferences. The authors did not find evidence supporting the notion that a workgroup’s prestige affects the preference. Among the three factors, collaboration relation best predicts the preference.” Yaoyi Zhou, Chiara Tagliaro, and Ying Hua. 2021. “Networked ‘Bubbles’: Study Workgroups’ Spatial Adjacency Preference Using Social …
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