Territory and 17 Describe the aim, method, Starter discussion what individual and gender differences are Reliability and In considering the – there in personalisation of territory? Students share how they personal space results and conclusions of validity paragraph research by Wells (2000), personalise their environments. Are there gender differences in the Key Research study. on study. write about and explain the – Wells’ Wells’ class? influence of territory and Spider diagram why do we personalise? – Wells (2000) Office personal space in the Evaluate the study through clutter or workplace. the application of Students complete lesson element (with teacher instructions) on meaningfulpersonal appropriate issues and key research Wells’ displays: The role of debates. OCR resource: Lesson element, and office personalization in employee and Use the study to explain The study had 4 research questions and 4 hypotheses. After organisational well- territory and personal space learning about the study, students should write conclusions in in the workplace. relation to these questions and hypotheses. Q: Do men and women personalise their workspaces differently? H: Men and women will personalise their offices differently. Q: Is personalisation associated with enhanced employee well-being? H: Personalisation will be positively associated with satisfaction with the physical work environment, which will be positively associated with job satisfaction, which will be positively associated with employee well-being. Q: Is personalisation more important to women’s than to that of men? H: Workspace personalisation will be more integral to the well-being of women than men. Q: Is a personalisation policy associated with company’s organisational being? H: Companies that have more lenient personalisation policies will report higher levels of organisational than companies having stricter personalisation policies. How useful is this research? Debate for and against.
17 Territory and personal space – Key Research Wells (2000) Office clutter or meaningfulpersonal displays: The role of office personalization in employee and organisational Describe the aim, method, results and conclusions of Wells’ study. Evaluate the study through the application of appropriate issues and debates. Use the study to explain territory and personal space in the workplace. Starter discussion – what individual and gender differences are there in personalisation of territory? Students share how they personalise their environments. Are there gender differences in the class? Spider diagram – why do we personalise? Students complete lesson element (with teacher instructions) on Wells’ key research OCR resource: Lesson element, and The study had 4 research questions and 4 hypotheses. After learning about the study, students should write conclusions in relation to these questions and hypotheses. Q: Do men and women personalise their workspaces differently? H: Men and women will personalise their offices differently. Q: Is personalisation associated with enhanced employee well-being? H: Personalisation will be positively associated with satisfaction with the physical work environment, which will be positively associated with job satisfaction, which will be positively associated with employee well-being. Q: Is personalisation more important to women’s than to that of men? H: Workspace personalisation will be more integral to the well-being of women than men. Q: Is a company’s personalisation policy associated with organisational well- being? H: Companies that have more lenient personalisation policies will report higher levels of organisational than companies having stricter personalisation policies. How useful is this research? Debate for and against. Reliability and validity paragraph on Wells’ study. In considering the research by Wells (2000), write about and explain the influence of territory and personal space in the workplace.
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