Author(s)

Veerle Hermans^1,2,3

¹Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy (Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
²Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (Work and Organisational Psychology Research Group), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.
³IDEWE (External Service for Safety and Health at Work), Heverlee, Belgium.

Offices nowadays are looking very attractive: design furniture, trendy colours, fancy lighting, art objects and even an ecological touch. These offices are often linked to new ways of working, further explained by concepts such as flex work, telework, shared office work, cloud work etc. But what are the effects of these changing environments on the wellbeing of the workers? And do these trendy offices really increase ergonomics at work? In this paper, first a brief history on the development and evolution of office environments is given. Furthermore, an analysis of some pitfalls in today’s offices is presented. For each pitfall, some advice is given on how to reduce the problems.

Offices, Innovation, Wellbeing, Ergonomics

Hermans, V. (2016) Office Work Innovation: What about Wellbeing?. Modern Economy, 7, 815-821. doi: 10.4236/me.2016.77083.