Purpose

This paper aims to investigate preferences for office spaces among academic staff at a university. The authors consider differences across age groups, seniority, position type and current office situation.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is an empirical investigation of survey data using descriptive statistics and regression analyses. The sample consists of 485 academic employees at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Findings

Staff in individual offices are substantially more satisfied with their office space than those who share office space. Moreover, those in large offices are more satisfied than those in smaller. Large offices are occupied by staff with high seniority, and staff with large offices tend to host meetings more frequently than their colleagues. However, it is not clear whether differences in office spacing reflect real needs or mostly status.

Originality/value

Understanding which office spaces that stimulate the best research and higher education is of great importance when policy makers plan resource allocation.

中文翻译：

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学者对办公空间的偏爱

目的

本文旨在调查大学学术人员对办公空间的偏爱。作者考虑了不同年龄段，资历，职位类型和当前办公室状况的差异。

设计/方法/方法

本文是使用描述性统计和回归分析对调查数据进行的实证研究。该样本由挪威科技大学的485名学术雇员组成。

发现

与共享办公空间的人员相比，各个办公室的员工对办公空间的满意度要高得多。而且，大型办公室的人比小型办公室的人更满意。大型办公室由高资历的员工占据，并且大型办公室的员工比同事经常主持会议。但是，尚不清楚办公室间距的差异是否反映了实际需求还是主要反映了现状。

创意/价值

当政策制定者计划资源分配时，了解哪些办公空间可以激发最佳的研究和高等教育水平非常重要。