Privacy at Work | Privacy in Offices

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When it comes to offices and office spaces, organizations are trying to find a balance between public and private workspace in order to encourage COLLABORATION. But public spaces are often criticized as they assault our PRIVACY. Besides, public spaces are nowadays often not efficiently executed and as a result raise feelings of dissatisfaction and the need for privacy. Congdon, Flynn and Redman (2014) researched the issue of privacy so as to come up with strategies to find a more efficient balance between public and private workspaces. First of all, they split up privacy into 2 dimensions. TWO DIMENSIONS OF PRIVACY

1. INFORMATION CONTROL: The desire of employees to control and protect personal information. This implies a constant question of revealing or hiding the information obtained. For example, social media have forged a large factor that forces people to conceal personal information.
2. STIMULATION CONTROL: The distractions that hamper our ability to concentr (...) Read more? Sign up for free
   

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