Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being
Abstract Biophilic workplace design has been proposed as an effective strategy to increase employee well-being in open-plan offices. To expand our understanding of why and for whom indoor nature exposure increases well-being, the aim of this study was to evaluate vigor as a mediator and to examine w...
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| description | Abstract Biophilic workplace design has been proposed as an effective strategy to increase employee well-being in open-plan offices. To expand our understanding of why and for whom indoor nature exposure increases well-being, the aim of this study was to evaluate vigor as a mediator and to examine whether nature relatedness is a direct antecedent of nature exposure or a moderator of the relationship between exposure to nature and vigor. Based on longitudinal data obtained from a two-wave panel design with white-collar workers in open-plan offices (Study 1, n = 345; Study 2, n = 291), using a rival model strategy and two dependent variables, i.e., job well-being and overall well-being, this study revealed that nature relatedness is a direct antecedent of nature exposure and that vigor mediates the relationship between nature exposure and the examined outcomes. These results indicate that although natural exposure increases employee well-being, the effects are indirectly driven by employees’ connection with nature. These findings have implications for the implementation of biophilic workplace design. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-66fd6777c8054a0bacd2c6fa9f0e2bfe2025-01-05T12:27:00ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222024-12-011411910.1038/s41598-024-83791-9Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-beingCarmen Valor0Raquel Redondo1Isabel Carrero2IIT-Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Pontificia ComillasFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Pontificia ComillasFacultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad Pontificia ComillasAbstract Biophilic workplace design has been proposed as an effective strategy to increase employee well-being in open-plan offices. To expand our understanding of why and for whom indoor nature exposure increases well-being, the aim of this study was to evaluate vigor as a mediator and to examine whether nature relatedness is a direct antecedent of nature exposure or a moderator of the relationship between exposure to nature and vigor. Based on longitudinal data obtained from a two-wave panel design with white-collar workers in open-plan offices (Study 1, n = 345; Study 2, n = 291), using a rival model strategy and two dependent variables, i.e., job well-being and overall well-being, this study revealed that nature relatedness is a direct antecedent of nature exposure and that vigor mediates the relationship between nature exposure and the examined outcomes. These results indicate that although natural exposure increases employee well-being, the effects are indirectly driven by employees’ connection with nature. These findings have implications for the implementation of biophilic workplace design.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83791-9 |
| spellingShingle | Carmen Valor Raquel Redondo Isabel Carrero Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being Scientific Reports |
| title | Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being |
| title_full | Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being |
| title_fullStr | Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being |
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| title_short | Explaining the influence of biophilic design on employee well-being |
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