Abstract
An objective measure for external view—percent optional exterior view—was developed in a field study of two quite different office environments within the corporate headquarters of a large, manufacturing firm in the Midwest. As predicted, this measure correlated more highly with two subjective measures of environmental quality than objective, ambient light levels (ambient, task & daylight combined—measured photometrically in lux) or objective daylight levels; also as expected, neither percent exterior view nor daylight levels predicted job performance/productivity. Contrary to predictions, this measure did not correlate with subjective measures of job satisfaction, morale, job quality, or organizational quality.
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