Sailer, K; Penn, A; (2007) The performance of space – exploring social and spatial phenomena of interaction patterns in an organisation. In: (Proceedings) International Architecture and Phenomenology Conference. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, The Technion, Israel Institute of Technology: Haifa, Israel.

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It is often proposed that the design of the physical workplace influences social interaction and therefore organisational behaviour in one way or the other. Yet there is little accordance among scholars on how exactly the relationship between the social space and the social structure of an organisation is constituted. In order to explore this relationship, we combine an interpretive, phenomenological approach with a correlational, syntactic approach. Using the example of a workplace environment studied on multiple layers as well as in detail we propose that physical space influences the formation of social structure and organisational behaviour in manifold, but analytically tractable ways. The application of qualitative and quantitative methods in tandem proves fruitful for understanding the complex phenomena that characterise the emergence of organisational culture.

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