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The hybrid workspace: testing an activity-based model of hybrid workspace design

David Holman et al.

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology2026https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2026.2648294article
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Abstract

Using the lens of activity-based workspace design, we develop a model of the hybrid workspace (i.e. the organizational and home settings in which hybrid work occurs) which proposes that each setting has three core activity-supportive characteristics: interaction-supportive, concentration-supportive and recovery-supportive. Drawing on a two-wave data set collected from office-based employees in an engineering organization, we test and find support for our hypotheses that activity-supportive workspace characteristics (in oth organizational/office and home settings) foster employee outcomes, i.e. task performance, engagement and workspace satisfaction. Specifically, we find that office recovery-supportive characteristics increased task performance, office interaction-supportive characteristics increased satisfaction with the office workspace, and that home concentration-supportive workspace characteristics increased employee engagement. Conclusions are drawn for our understanding of workspace design and hybrid working.

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@article{david2026,
  title        = {{The hybrid workspace: testing an activity-based model of hybrid workspace design}},
  author       = {David Holman et al.},
  journal      = {European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/1359432x.2026.2648294},
}

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