Wells

• Aim

  1. Do men and women personalise their work spaces differently?
  2. Is personalisation in workspaces more important to a woman's well-being than a mans?
  3. Is personalisation of work spaces associated with enhanced employee well-being
  4. Is a companies personalisation associated with organised well-being?
• Sample

  • Office workers from 20 companies in the OC
  • All small businesses with at least 15 workers
  • Volunteered to take part
  • 661 surveys given out + 23 employees (15 female, 8 male) agreed to participate
• Procedure


  Survey was made up of 7 different sections:

  1. Workspace personalisation
  2. Satisfaction with the physical work environment
  3. Job satisfaction
  4. Well being
  5. Employee perceptions of organisational well being
  6. Personality traits
  7. Personal demographic info
• Procedure pt 2


  Case studies involved tape-recorded, structured interviews based on open questions. Interviews lasted 10-55 mins and interviews workspace was observed using a checklist.
• Results

  1. Men and women found to personalised their workspace differently - women personalised to a greater extent than men (the average number of items displayed being 11.12 for women and 7.68 for men)
  2. Personalisation was significantly associated with satisfaction in the work place
  3. The survey suggested personalisation was not significantly more important to women than men, but interviews suggested otherwise
  4. Companies with more lenient rules on personalisation policies reported a more positive work climate