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Their wordsWhen it comes to contemporary office spaces, especially the work environments of the knowledge economy, this implies that maximizing wellbeing and happiness of end-users must be expected to coincide with the workers' productivity.
Their wordsThat is why the workers psychological wellbeing should primarily be addressed by focussing on the conditions of maintaining or enhancing productivity levels for everybody in the space or building.
Their wordsThe above thesis thus translates into the claim that the psychological wellbeing of end-users is best served by the enhancement of the design's social functionality.
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