| 英文摘要
| According to the World Health Organization, stresses from work seriously affects employee health and business effectiveness. Therefore, enterprises have invested a large number of resources in stress management programs, and the improvement of workspace design is one of the effective strategies. Nowadays, office workers spend most of their time working indoors, the natural environment design of a workspace has become an important topic. Numerous studies have shown that the natural environment of a workspace can relieve stress, trigger positive emotions (such as pleased, calm, relax, etc.), and reduce negative emotions. Also, people have an inherent preference for nature because nature can provide human beings the ability to recover from stress. Therefore, providing a natural environment in the office is a \"smart investment\" for business owners.
The natural environment design of a workspace can divide into four categories: window view, desktop potted plant, floor potted plant, and wall decoration. Past studies mostly evaluated one or two indoor natural design methods; however, the natural environment design of a workspace should be a combination of multiple solutions, rather than just a single existence. The conjoint analysis is the use of a detail-designed experiment to let individuals to rank or value various plans according to their preference or perception and to establish a psychological selection model, to understand the relative importance of different levels attributes and find the best combination. Therefore, this study uses the conjoint analysis method to evaluate the psychological utility of natural design in the workplace. Also, different types of office workers may have different preferences and psychological effects. Personal characteristics such as gender, age, and occupation, may also affect the utility of natural design. It is needed to understand the psychological benefits of different working groups.
This study selected 4 major attributes, including window view, desktop potted plant, floor potted plant, and wall decoration content. The number of plants on the floor and the content of wall decoration, totally 16 levels, and 25 combinations were simulated.. Office workers were asked to valued the simulated pictures in 4 types of perception, stress relief, pleased, calm, and preference. The result shows that the important attributes are different among the four psychological benefits. The attribute that most affects the relieve of stress is the window view content; when the window view is an urban park landscape, the pressure perception value is the lowest. For pleased, calm, and preference perception, the wall decoration is the most important attribute. The best effect on the pleasant emotion is the natural landscape mural; for the calmness emotion, the best attribute is no wall decoration; and the natural art painting affects the preference the most. The natural design of workspace is not completely consistent with the attributes of the different personal characteristic. |
