Generalizing Impact of Object Language to other Audiences
Peer Response to Office Design
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13655935 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James C Mcelroy (Iowa State University, corresponding author), Paula C Morrow (Iowa State University), Larry C Wall (Western Illinois University) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 315-322 |
| Publication date | 1983-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.1983.53.1.315 |
| OpenAlex | W2170792162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Research on the impact of office design has relied on samples of students. To evaluate the external generalizability of previous findings, the relationships among three design elements (desk placement, status symbol display, tidiness) and visitors' impressions (visitors' feelings, attributions about the officerholder) were examined among 64 college faculty. Using a slide-simulation methodology, more favorable visitors' reactions and normatively desirable attributions were associated with non-barrier desk placement and an intermediate level of tidiness. Status symbol display had little effect. A comparison of faculty responses with previous student-based research shows that both audiences react in a similar manner, albeit with a differential weighting patterns, to the nonverbal cues suggested by interior office design
Attribution · Desk · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Generalizability theory · Nonverbal communication · Object (grammar · Symbol (formal · Applied Psychology · Communication · Computer Science · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 1991 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |