Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/328188 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 18058
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study investigates whether a meeting environment's visual openness influences team productivity and communication quality. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with participants assigned to discussions held in a transparent glass meeting room (treatment) or a fully curtained room (control). Team productivity was evaluated based on the quality of participants' policy proposals. Communication quality was assessed using transcript-based indicators such as laugh frequency and topic diversity. We found that groups in visually open meeting rooms received significantly higher proposal ratings and exhibited greater emotional positivity and topic diversity, highlighting that within-session dynamics expose how environmental design affects group interaction.
Subjects: 
team productivity
communication quality
visual openness
randomized controlled trial
workplace design
natural language processing
JEL: 
C93
J24
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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