Interruption was the eleventh minute in open plan office – Swedish YLE

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A new study shows that a large proportion of those working in open offices has been difficult to concentrate at work. The average is canceled we were eleventh minute.

In a study for the office furniture company Steelcase involved 15 500 employees working in offices from 14 different countries.

85 per cent replied that they can not concentrate on the job, writes Dagens Nyheter.

It is startling how large the problem of open-plan offices are, they say at Steelcase.

Also, the commitment seems to be suffering from work in open offices. Those who could work undisturbed were most engaged in their work.

Published 04/06/2015 – 16:45 . Updated 06/04/2015 – 17:11