Offices are evolving rapidly to facilitate organizational cost reductions and to better support contemporary working practices. We investigate relationships between the design of contemporary offices (physical proximity and breakout areas) and autonomy in predicting individual outcomes (ease of communication, job satisfaction, and well-being). We extend Social Interference Theory to include features of contemporary office design and explicitly explore the moderating role of autonomy. Working in differing office configurations of a global engineering company, 406 employees provided data. Access to breakout areas was strongly related to ease of communication, higher job satisfaction, and well-being. In the absence of breakout areas, employees with higher autonomy were able to better manage the challenges arising from contemporary offices. Practical implications include incorporating breakout areas to enhance employee experience within open-plan offices, using job design to optimize employee experience in open-plan offices, and manager and employee involvement in office design.

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打破开放式：通过对当代办公室的评估扩展社会干涉理论

办公室正在迅速发展，以促进降低组织成本并更好地支持当代工作实践。我们调查了现代办公室的设计（物理接近和突破区域）与预测个人结果的自主性（沟通的便利性、工作满意度和幸福感）之间的关系。我们将社会干扰理论扩展到包括当代办公室设计的特征，并明确探索自治的调节作用。在一家全球工程公司的不同办公室配置中工作，406 名员工提供了数据。进入突破区域与易于沟通、更高的工作满意度和幸福感密切相关。在没有突破性区域的情况下，拥有更高自主权的员工能够更好地应对现代办公室带来的挑战。