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Arkesteijn and teammates (using data collected from April to December 2020 from more than 36,000 Dutch people working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic) determined that “respondents who worked in a [dedicated] work room at home reported higher productivity . . . than respondents that worked in different types of rooms, especially those in the bedroom. . . . In addition, respondents that did not have to share their workspace . . . reported higher productivity than those that (partly) did. . . . Also, a higher productivity was found for respondents that indicated having ambient factors in their home work environment, like plants, art, and colour, and to have an outside view from their workplace.”

Monique Arkesteijn, Sylvia Jansen, Bernice Kieft, Rianne Appel-Meulenbroek, Bartele Hoekstra, and Pity der Schaaf. 2021.  “The Influence of the Physical Home Work Environment on Perceived Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”  In Tuuli Jylha (ed.). Research Papers – The 20^thEuroFM Research Symposium, European Facility Management Network, pp. 7-12.