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Workplace productivity is a result of many factors, and among them is the setup of the office and its resultant noise level. The conversations and interruptions that come along with converting an office to an open plan can foster innovation and creativity, or they can be distracting and harm the performance of employees. Through simulation, the impact of different types of office noise was studied along with other changing conditions such as number of people in the office. When productivity per person, defined in terms of mood and focus, was measured, it was found that the effect of noise was positive in some scenarios and negative in others. In simulations where employees were performing very similar tasks, noise (and its correlates, such as number of employees), was beneficial. On the other hand, when employees were engaged in a variety of different types of tasks, noise had a negative overall effect. This indicates that workplaces that group their employees by common job functions may be more productive than workplaces where the problems and products that employees are working on are varied throughout the workspace.
ContributorsHall, Mikaela Starrantino (Author) / Pavlic, Theodore P. (Thesis director) / Cooke, Nancy (Committee member) / Industrial, Systems (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2017-05
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The present study sought to understand traumatic brain injuries (TBI) impact on executive function (EF) in terms of anticipation amongst individuals with a background in soccer; along with other contributing factors of EF curtailments that inhibit athletes. Within this study 57 participants, with a background in soccer (high school, collegiate, and semi-professional), completed five EF tasks: working memory, cognitive flexibility, attentional control, and anticipation; pattern detection and athletic cues (temporal occlusion). The results of this study concluded that when TBI history, gender, and soccer athletic level are factors, athletes with a soccer level of collegiate and semi-professional had decrements related to pattern detection anticipation; meaning athletes at higher levels had lower average scores on the Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test (BSAT). Additionally, female athletes showed more anticipation decrements related to athletic cues, especially those that are reliant on the initiation of judgment. Overall undiagnosed TBIs and limited understanding on how to approach rehabilitation to mitigate EF decrements, continue to impede individual autonomy amongst athletes. Keywords: Traumatic brain injury, executive function, anticipation, soccer, temporal occlusion, Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test (BSAT), collegiate, semi-professional, pattern detection, rehabilitation
ContributorsEzenyilimba, Akuadasuo (Author) / Gray, Rob (Thesis advisor) / Chiou, Erin (Committee member) / Cooke, Nancy (Committee member) / Gutzwiller, Robert (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021