Question 2: Social Ecology

There is much research focusing on the area of the physical workplace and the influence it has on

worker behavior. Issues such as lighting, temperature, noise, color, smell, pollution, and workplace

layout have all been shown to influence behavior:

From this list:

lighting, temperature, noise, color, smell, pollution, workplace layout...

Answer the following questions:

1.

Pick 3 of the topics above.

2.

Cite two examples of research findings regarding three of these issues.

For example, if you have

chosen LIGHTING as one of your topics tell me two unique research findings about lighting in the

workplace and how it affects worker behavior.

Do this for all THREE of your chosen topics.

3.

If you were to analyze your own workplace, use these three topics to analyze the degree of

effectiveness on your own behavior?

Are you positively or negatively impacted? give examples

and why it impacts you.

4.

Give an example of a negative social ecological experience you have had in past employment.

For example, you could mention that the noise of phones ringing made it difficult to work.

Going backward in time how would you fix this problem.

Name at least 3 things you would do

to make the situation better for workers.

5.

You read an article that says that workers have lost their abilities to communicate with other

people and rely too much on social media and email.

How would you change the workplace to

fight this problem