Richardson, M, Jicol, C, Taulo, G, Park, J, Kim, H.K, Proulx, M.J and de Sousa, A.A 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2379-3894
(2023)
'Differences in office-based personal space perception between British and Korean populations.'
Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
e1043088.
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Abstract
We sought to understand how the perception of personal space is influenced by different levels of social density, spatial density, and type of window-view in South Korean and United Kingdom workplaces. We employed virtual reality to simulate shared and single occupancy offices. We obtained personal space estimations using a virtual disc around the participant which could be extended and retracted, inside the simulation, to indicate perceived amount of personal space, and compared this measure to questionnaire-based estimations. We found that in both cultures participants experienced greater perceived personal space 1) when in a sparse rather than dense office and 2) having a view of the city outside the office. However, British, but not Korean, participants had significantly higher personal space estimations in single occupancy offices than in shared offices. These results suggest subtle cross-cultural differences in workplace experience, that could only be investigated using virtual reality.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| UN SDGs: | Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth |
| Keywords: | virtual reality, culture, personal space, spatial cognition, workplace density |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NA Architecture |
| Divisions: | School of Sciences |
| Research Centres and Groups: | Centre for Environmental Humanities Psychology Research Centre for Health and Cognition |
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| Date Deposited: | 02 Mar 2023 17:27 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Mar 2023 17:18 |
| ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/15279 |
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