Bemanningsbranschen i Sverige är expansiv. Arbetet som konsult innebär ständiga anpassningar till nya miljöer. Arbetsmiljön består av psykosociala och fysiska aspekter och idag är problemen inom psykosociala arbetsmiljön mer uttalade än på 1990-talet. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur personer som arbetar på ett bemanningsföretag inom lager, verkstad och industri, uppfattar att deras fysiska- och psykosociala arbetsmiljö påverkar arbetsutförande och välbefinnande på arbetet samt om demografiska faktorer inverkar på hur arbetsmiljön uppfattas. Studien är en tvärsnittsstudie, där bedömningsinstrumentet Work Environment Impact Scale (WEIS) har använts. I studien har 30 konsulter inom bemanningsbranschen intervjuats. Resultatet visar att de faktorer som uppfattas mest stödjande för utförandet av arbetet är ”Medlemskap i arbetsgrupp”, ”Interaktion med andra” samt ”Förväntningar i utförandet av arbetet”. De faktorer som uppfattades som mest hindrande för utförandet av arbetet var ”Arbetsuppgiftens krav”, ”Förmåner” samt ”Samspel med överordnade”. Sammanfattningsvis visade sig gemenskapen med andra, såväl med medarbetare som med kunder vara mest stödjande. De hindrande faktorerna utgjordes främst av ett bristande ledarskap från bemanningsföretagets överordnade, i form av stöd och uppskattning gentemot konsulterna. / The Swedish employment agency industry is expanding. Working as a consultant implies constant adjustments to new environments. The work environment consists of physical and psychosocial factors. Today, psychosocial problems in the work environment are more complex than in the 1990s. The aim of the study is to examine how people working in an employment agency that provides staff for warehouse, workshops and industries, perceive that their physical– and psychosocial work environment affects work performance and wellbeing at work and whether demographical factors influence how the work environment is perceived. The study is a crosssectional study, and the assessment tool Work Environment Impact Scale (WEIS) has been applied. In the study 30 consultants in an employment agency industry were interviewed. The result shows that environmental factors perceived as most supportive of work performance and wellbeing at work were ”Work group membership”, ”Interaction with others” and ”Work role standards”. The environmental factors of work that were perceived as most limiting of work performance, satisfaction, and wellbeing at work were “Task demands”, “Rewards” and “Supervisor interaction”. In conclusion, fellowship with others - co-workers as well as customers - was shown to be the most supportive environmental factor. The limiting factors were mainly failing leadership from the employment agency's superior, and lack of support and display of appreciation towards the consultants.

Omvårdnaden utgår ifrån det humanistiska perspektivet, som säger att människan skall ses i ett helhetsperspektiv och inkluderar även den miljö som människan befinner sig i. Syftet med litteraturstudien var att belysa vårdmiljöns betydelse för patientens hälsa och välbefinnande, på institution. Människan påverkas av platser, lika mycket som människor påverkar varandra och därför är det av stor betydelse att omvårdnaden även inkluderar vårdmiljöns påverkan på patienten. Resultatet visade att olika faktorer i miljön, både i den fysiska och den psykosociala, kan underlätta för patienten och främja hans eller hennes hälsa och välbefinnande. De största faktorerna som kan underlätta patientens hälsa är interaktionen mellan patient och sjuksköterska, trygghet i den nya platsen, en hälsofrämjande estetisk vårdmiljö, kontinuitet genom en hemlik miljö, distraktion från sjukdomssituationen och underlättandet av känsla av kontroll hos patienten. Forskning påvisar att vårdmiljön inverkar på patientens hälsa och välbefinnande, dock finns inga klara generella riktlinjer för hur en god vårdmiljö skall kunna skapas i det praktiska vårdarbetet. Det skulle vara positivt för sjuksköterskans hälsofrämjande vårdarbete om mer kunskap och klarare generella riktlinjer med fokus på vårdmiljön togs fram. / Nursing care is based on the humanistic perspective, which says that man should be seen in a holistic way, in which the environment is included. The purpose of this study was to illuminate the meaning of the health facility environment to the patients’ health and well-being. People are affected by places, as much as people affect each other and therefore it is important that nursing care also includes the impact of health facility environment on the patient. The results showed that various factors in the environment, both in the physical and psychosocial, can help the patient and promote his or her health and well-being. The most significant factors that can facilitate the patients’ health is the interaction between patient and nurse in the environment, safety in the new place, aesthetics in the health-care environment, continuity from the safe location to the new environment, distraction from the disease situation and facilitation of sense of control within the patient. Research shows that healthcare environment affects patients' health and well-being, however, there are no clear general guidelines on how good a health care environment should be created in the practical nursing work. It would be good for the nurses’ health care work for more knowledge and clearer general guidelines with focus on health facility environment were developed.

<p>The present thesis investigates environmental factors impact on office employees. More specifically, it investigates: 1) perception and experience of office environments, 2) satisfaction with office environments, and 3) health status and job satisfaction in connection to office environment. It is based on an empirical study with 491 office employees from twenty-six companies and divisions in larger companies. Each one respectively represents one of seven identified office-types in office design: cell-office, sharedroom office, small open plan office, medium open plan office, large open plan office, flex-office and combi-office. This study takes its basis in architecture, although an interdisciplinary approach from organizational and management theory, environmental psychology, and social and stress medicine has been used. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used.</p><p> In Article I a review of the different research fields that investigate environmental influences are presented with a focus on office environments. Different perspectives on the environmental impact on office employees are investigated.</p><p>In Article II an analysis of office environment based on the employee’s perception and experience of the architecture is done based on in-depth interviews using a method originally developed by Kevin Lynch (1960). The method measures the "imagebility" of a space, rated by the users with following elements: landmark, node, path, edge and district. The result showed that the method, based on employees’ perception and use of space, is a possible tool in the design process to get a better understanding of where the elements that reinforce "imageability" most likely will appear in an office environment. The method thus gives a better idea of the future "imageability" of a space and could be useful as guidance in the design process of how the architectural design will be received by the users in the end.</p><p>In Article III employees’ satisfaction with the office environment in different office-types is investigated. The article focuses on three domains: 1) Ambient factors, 2) Noise and Privacy and 3) Designrelated factors. The statistical analysis was done using a logistic regression model with multivariate analysis. Adjustment was done for: age, gender, job rank, job satisfaction and market division. The results show differences in satisfaction with the office environment between employees in different office-types, many of which were statistically significant. When differences persist in the multivariate analysis they can possibly be ascribed to the office-type. Results show that employees in cell-offices are prominently most satisfied followed by those in flex-offices. Cell-offices rate only low on social aspects of Design-related factors. A major finding is internal differences between different office-types where employees share workspace and facilities. The medium and large open plan offices could be described as high-risk officetypes.</p><p>In Article IV differences between employees in different office-types with regard to health, wellbeing and job satisfaction are analyzed. A multivariate analysis of the data was done with adjustment for the confounders: age, gender, job rank and market division. The results show that there are risks of ill health and poor well-being in medium and small open plan offices. Employees in these office-types show significantly higher risks compared with those in other office-types. In medium open plan and combioffices the employees show the highest prevalence of low job satisfaction. The best chance for good health status and job satisfaction is among employees in cell-offices and flex-offices; there are, however, internal differences in distribution on different outcome variables for job satisfaction. The major finding of these studies is that there are significant differences with regard to satisfaction with office environments as well as health status and job satisfaction between employees in different office-types; differences that can possibly can be ascribed to the office-types as they persist after adjustment for important confounders.</p>

<p> </p><p>Bemanningsbranschen i Sverige är expansiv. Arbetet som konsult innebär ständiga anpassningar till nya miljöer. Arbetsmiljön består av psykosociala och fysiska aspekter och idag är problemen inom psykosociala arbetsmiljön mer uttalade än på 1990-talet. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur personer som arbetar på ett bemanningsföretag inom lager, verkstad och industri, uppfattar att deras fysiska- och psykosociala arbetsmiljö påverkar arbetsutförande och välbefinnande på arbetet samt om demografiska faktorer inverkar på hur arbetsmiljön uppfattas. Studien är en tvärsnittsstudie, där bedömningsinstrumentet Work Environment Impact Scale (WEIS) har använts. I studien har 30 konsulter inom bemanningsbranschen intervjuats. Resultatet visar att de faktorer som uppfattas mest stödjande för utförandet av arbetet är ”Medlemskap i arbetsgrupp”, ”Interaktion med andra” samt ”Förväntningar i utförandet av arbetet”. De faktorer som uppfattades som mest hindrande för utförandet av arbetet var ”Arbetsuppgiftens krav”, ”Förmåner” samt ”Samspel med överordnade”. Sammanfattningsvis visade sig gemenskapen med andra, såväl med medarbetare som med kunder vara mest stödjande. De hindrande faktorerna utgjordes främst av ett bristande ledarskap från bemanningsföretagets överordnade, i form av stöd och uppskattning gentemot konsulterna.</p><p> </p> / <p> </p><p>The Swedish employment agency industry is expanding. Working as a consultant implies constant adjustments to new environments. The work environment consists of physical and psychosocial factors. Today, psychosocial problems in the work environment are more complex than in the 1990s. The aim of the study is to examine how people working in an employment agency that provides staff for warehouse, workshops and industries, perceive that their physical– and psychosocial work environment affects work performance and wellbeing at work and whether demographical factors influence how the work environment is perceived. The study is a crosssectional study, and the assessment tool Work Environment Impact Scale (WEIS) has been applied. In the study 30 consultants in an employment agency industry were interviewed. The result shows that environmental factors perceived as most supportive of work performance and wellbeing at work were ”Work group membership”, ”Interaction with others” and ”Work role standards”. The environmental factors of work that were perceived as most limiting of work performance, satisfaction, and wellbeing at work were “Task demands”, “Rewards” and “Supervisor interaction”. In conclusion, fellowship with others - co-workers as well as customers - was shown to be the most supportive environmental factor. The limiting factors were mainly failing leadership from the employment agency's superior, and lack of support and display of appreciation towards the consultants.</p><p> </p>

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability in North American and has major economic consequences for society. People with knee OA experience the worst quality of life, among musculoskeletal conditions, with function and mobility being influenced by symptoms such as pain and stiffness. However, the impact of OA symptoms varies due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors, leading many researchers to employ biopsychosocial and other population health frameworks to study the disease. These population health approaches have not been adopted when studying knee OA outcomes in bioarchaeology, where a limited biological lens prevails due to the sole reliance on skeletal remains. The purpose of this research was to explore methods for identifying the impairment potential of knee OA in archaeological populations using a clinical sample and population health approaches. Clinical studies have the advantage of assessing not only the biological implications of knee OA but also the functional outcomes. By creating a knee OA grading system applicable for both MRI and dry bone femora samples (Clinical Archaeological Osteoarthritis Score) a link between clinical and archaeological populations was proposed. Using this link to infer functional deficits onto archaeological populations using population health frameworks, a theoretical analysis was performed with two populations; the 17th century Huron and the 19th century Inuit from the Igloolik region of Nunavut. The results demonstrated the increased impairment potential of knee OA in the Inuit population versus the Huron population, produced by contrasting factors captured by the determinants of health, including social and physical environments.

This study maps research concerning person environment interrelationships with health and wellbeing outcomes. The purpose of this study is to provide insights into the inter-relationship between the built environment (BE) and human health and wellbeing as it is conveyed in research literature. It particularly focuses on literature that connects built environment, emotions, feelings, mind and body. This thesis therefore provides a review of relevant literature on the physical environment, with a focus on person environment (PE) relationship that may influence the person's psychological and physiological systems consequently affecting health and wellbeing. Specifically, psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) is used to identify dimensions of the BE which are significant for this study. The understanding of PE interrelationships to health outcomes is achieved by undertaking a transdisciplinary outlook. To conceptualise the 'person' as a whole and the workings of the mind and human system PNI has been recognised as a main platform. PNI is the study of mind-body relationships (Evans, et al, 2000), providing a scientific framework which captures the understanding of the inter-relationship of the mind to the neuroendocrine systems and the immune systems with the aim of understanding the influence of the mind on eliciting as well as preventing illnesses. The work was motivated by the need for better understanding of the human interaction/transaction in an interior environment and their consequences on health. An exploration of literature from both the environmental and health fields provided a knowledge base upon which to develop an understanding of the interrelationship. Research has demonstrated a link between the BE and wellbeing, however, this is limited in its application and/or scope. For example, over the past years there has been an increasing amount of research showing the possible influence of the environment in reducing stress (Sommer & Oslen, 1980; Kaplan, 1983; O'Neill, 1991; Wapner & Demick, 2000; Parsons & Tassinary, 2002, Frumkin, 2006). In addition, there is growing evidence that indicates there is a relationship between BE and health including the psychological and physiological systems, in healthcare environments (Ulrich & Zimring, 2004). However, while there is ample research in the areas of environmental stressors and other determinants of the environment in contributing to health, less research has been undertaken in studying the impact of the environment on health (Evans& McCoy, 1998). The potential of the environment in contributing to the mental wellbeing of a person and how this could affect the physical health therefore needs further investigation (Solomon, 1996). The methodology followed was Coopers (1998) 'research synthesis' and the tool to sort the domains and PE interrelationships was adapted from White's (1989) 'space adjacency analysis'. The scope of this study was limited to explorations of literature that inquired into PE relationships that fit into the primarily established 'integrative systems model'; a parameter that enabled categorisation of the literature into the areas that related to the PNI framework. The findings illustrate that the person is interrelated to the environment in several ways and can be interpreted and explained in terms of various dimensions such as the psychological, physical, social, and spatial dimensions. Furthermore, empirical research indicates that the environment impacts on a person's health and wellbeing through psychological and physiological systems. PNI acknowledges the interrelationship of the mind and body systems contributing to an integrative systems model of human health and wellbeing. As an outcome, the study has produced an analysis method and a navigation map of the various literature domains related to PE interrelationships in terms of health and wellbeing. This has been facilitated by the development of, a 'PE integrative systems model'. Apart from demonstrating the need for transdisciplinary research and contributing to research methodology, the study also adds to the current design knowledge base providing BE professionals and creators with a better understanding of the health outcomes from PE interrelationships.

Bakgrund: Demens är en obotlig sjukdom. Demenssjukdom kan leda till allvarliga symtom som språksvårigheter, minnesdysfunktion och beteendeförändringar. Detta bidrar till att personer med demenssjukdom kräver en särskild och väl anpassad omgivning. Personer med demenssjukdom behöver trygghet i sin vardag, vilket blir en viktig uppgift för sjuksköterskan. I omvårdnadsarbetet ska sjuksköterskan sträva efter att öka välbefinnandet hos patienter. I detta fall utforma omgivningen i matsalen utifrån patienters förutsättningar. Syfte: Att beskriva måltidsmiljöns utformning och hur den påverkar personer med demenssjukdom. Metod: En litteraturöversikt har genomförts. Elva kvantitativa vetenskapliga artiklar har använts till studien. Artiklarna har valts ut från databaserna CINAHL och PubMed som svarar på syftet. Artiklarna analyserades enligt Fribergs analysmetod för att kunna slutföras som material till resultatet. Resultat: Resultatet redovisas utifrån ett tema; omgivningen kring patienter när de äter och tre subtema; musikens betydelse vid måltidssituationen; belysningens betydelse vid måltidssituationen; betydelsen av en hemlik matsal. Dessa beskriver olika resurser som visade sig öka välbefinnandet hos patienter med demenssjukdom. Diskussion: Måltidsmiljön hade en stor inverkan på personer med demenssjukdom. Omgivningen i matsalen anpassades utifrån patientens förutsättning. Den förändrande måltidsmiljön ökade patientens välbefinnande. Hemlik miljö, lugn bakgrundsmusik och tillräcklig belysning under måltiden hade en stor betydelse för patienten. Den positiva effekten kunde bidra till ökat kaloriintag och minskad negativ beteende hos patienter. / Background: Dementia is an incurable disease. Dementia can lead to serious symptoms such as language difficulties, dysfunction and behavioral changes. People with dementia need a special and well-suited environment. People with dementia need security in their daily lives, which becomes an important task for the nurse. In nursing work, the nurse will aim to increase the wellbeing of patients. In this case, the environment is designed in the dining room based on the patient's conditions. Aim: To describe the design of the meal environment and how it affects people with dementia. Method: A literature review has been carried out. Eleven quantitative scientific articles have been used for the study. The articles have been selected from the CINAHL and PubMed databases corresponding to the purpose. The articles have been analyzed with Friberg’s analysis method to be completed as material for the result. Results: The result is based on a theme; the environment around the patients when they eat and three subtemes; the importance of music in the meal situation; the importance of lighting in the meal situation; the meaning of a home-like dining room. These describe the various resources required to increase the well-being of patients with dementia. Discussion: The meal environment had a major impact on people with dementia. The environment in the dining room was adapted to the patient's requirements. The changing meal environment increased patient wellbeing. The home-like environment, calm background music and sufficient lighting during the meal were of great importance to the patient. The positive effect could contribute to increased calorie intake and decreased negative behavior in patients.

Nous nous intéressons à l'interaction dans le contexte d'environnements physiques augmentés, plus précisément avec les objets physiques qui les composent. Bien que l'augmentation de ces objets offre de nouvelles possibilités d'interaction, notamment celle d'interagir à distance, le monde physique possède des caractéristiques propres rendant difficile l'adaptation de techniques d'interaction existantes en environnements virtuels. Il convient alors d'identifier ces caractéristiques afin de concevoir des techniques d'interaction à la fois efficaces et plaisantes dédiées à ces environnements physiques augmentés. Dans nos travaux, nous décomposons cette interaction à distance avec des objets physiques augmentés en deux étapes complémentaires : la sélection et le contrôle. Nous apportons deux contributions à chacun de ces champs de recherche. Ces contributions sont à la fois conceptuelles, avec la création d'espaces de conception, et pratiques, avec la conception, la réalisation logicielle et l'évaluation expérimentale de techniques d'interaction :- Pour l'étape de sélection, nous explorons la désambiguïsation potentielle après un geste de pointage à distance définissant un volume de sélection comme avec une télécommande infrarouge par exemple. En effet, bien que ce type de pointage sollicite moins de précision de la part de l'utilisateur, il peut néanmoins impliquer la sélection de plusieurs objets dans le volume de sélection et donc nécessiter une phase de désambiguïsation. Nous définissons et utilisons un espace de conception afin de concevoir et évaluer expérimentalement deux techniques de désambiguïsation visant à maintenir l'attention visuelle de l'utilisateur sur les objets physiques.- Pour l'étape de contrôle, nous explorons le guidage de gestes 3D lors d'une interaction gestuelle afin de spécifier des commandes à distance. Ce guidage est nécessaire afin d'indiquer à l'utilisateur les commandes disponibles ainsi que les gestes associés. Nous définissons un espace de conception capturant les caractéristiques comportementales d'un large ensemble de guides ainsi qu'un outil en ligne facilitant son utilisation. Nous explorons ensuite plusieurs options de conception afin d'étudier expérimentalement leurs impacts sur la qualité du guidage de gestes 3D. / We explore interaction with augmented physical objects within physical environments. Augmented physical objects allow new ways of interaction, including distant interaction. However, the physical world has specificities making difficult the adaptation of interaction techniques already existing in virtual environments. These specificities need to be identified in order to design efficient and enjoyable interaction techniques dedicated to augmented physical environments. In our work, we split up distant interaction into two complementary stages: the selection and the control of augmented physical objects. For each of these stages, our contribution is two-fold. These contributions are both theoretical, with the establishment of design spaces, and practical, with the design, the implementation and the experimental evaluation of interaction techniques:- For the selection stage, we study the disambiguation potentially needed after a distal pointing gesture using a volume selection such as an infrared remote controller. Indeed, although the volume selection can facilitate the aiming action, several objects can fall into the selected volume. Thus, users should disambiguate this coarse pointing selection. We define and use a design space in order to design and experimentally evaluate two disambiguation techniques that maintain the user's focus on the physical objects.- For the control stage, we study the guidance of 3D hand gestures in order to trigger commands at a distance. Such guidance is essential in order to reveal available commands and the associated gestures. We define a design space capturing specificities of a wide range of guiding systems. We also provide an online tool, easing the use of such a large design space. We then explore the impact of several design options on the quality of 3D gestures guidance.

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O crescimento do Estado de Mato Grosso acima da média nacional gerou a necessidade de uma grande demanda por infraestrutura, e em especial, por adequações e melhorias no sistema viário. Atualmente, o Governo tenta minimizar esta conjuntura através da execução de várias obras rodoviárias a fim de melhorar a trafegabilidade e consequentemente estruturar a sua logística do transporte. Paralelamente, esta escolha pelo transporte rodoviário acarreta impactos ambientais significativos embora a Engenharia Rodoviária tenha avançado no que diz respeito a tecnologia de construção e o conceito de preservação ambiental. A maioria das obras rodoviárias, durante a sua fase executiva, não possuem um rigor e uma metodologia apropriada para minimizar e controlar os impactos gerados principalmente aos processos ligados à dinâmica superificial e em especial as instabilizações dos taludes provenientes dos cortes. Os Estudos acerca dos EIA/RIMA previstos no Artigo 10 da Lei 6.938/81 da Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente objetivando o Licenciamento Ambiental são extremamente abrangentes e genéricos e não se constituem como ferramenta adequada para o correto monitoramento ambiental dos processos do meio físico durante o processo executivo destas rodovias. Diante desta realidade, este trabalho de pesquisa tem por objetivo subsidiar procedimentos metodológicos com o intuito de analisar e aplicar a Instrução de Proteção Ambiental (IPA-08), a fim de servir de ferramenta técnica para a avaliação dos impactos ambientais nos taludes de corte presentes na rodovia em execução e provocados pelas modificações no meio físico e em particular nos processos da dinâmica superficial, gerados na área de influência direta (AID). Para tanto, adotou-se como área de estudo um segmento pertencente a duplicação da rodovia BR-163/364/MT - Rosário Oeste ao Posto Gil com o intuito de acompanhar e inspecionar os impactos na área delimitada objetivando avaliar o desempenho do trecho rodoviário em estudo. Nesse trabalho foram apresentados como resultados a delimitação da área de estudo, sua compartimentação e caraterização geotécnica, a caraterização e apresentação das instabilizações nos taludes de corte assim como uma análise e proposta de aplicação da IPA-08 como forma de controle preventivo e corretivo. / The highways are an important tool for the development of the State of Mato Grosso, the most widely used modal to make the production flow logistics and makes the interconnection between the municipalities. The growth of the State of Mato Grosso above the national average generated the need for a large demand for infrastructure, and in particular for adjustments and improvements in the road system. Currently, the Government tries to minimize this situation through implementation of various road works to improve the trafficability and consequently structure their transport logistics. In parallel, this choice by road transport entails significant environmental impacts although the Road Engineering has advanced with regard to construction technology and the concept of environmental preservation. Most road works during their execution phase, not of a rigor and an appropriate methodology to minimize and control the impacts generated primarily to surface water resources ephemeral, intermittent and perennial directly influenced by the construction. Studies on the EIA / RIMA provided for in Article 10 of Law 6938/81 of the National Environmental Policy aiming Environmental Licensing are extremely comprehensive and generic and does not constitute as a proper tool for the proper environmental monitoring of surface water resources during executive these highway. Given this reality, this research has the objective to subsidize methodological procedures in order to anlyze and apply the Instruction of Environmental Protection (IPA-08) in order to serveas a technical tool for the evaluation of environmental impacts on cutting slopes present on the road in construction and caused by changes in the physical environment and in particular in the processes of dynamic surface, generated in the area of direct influence (AID). Therefore, it was adopted as the study area belonging to a segment duplication of BR-163/364 / MT - Rosario Oeste Posto Gil for the purpose of monitor and inspect the area bounded on the impacts to evaluate the performance of the road stretch in study. In this work results are presented as the delimitation of the study area, its subdivision and geotechnical characterization, the characterization and presentation of instability in cutting slopes as well as an analysis and proposed application of the IPA-08 as a form of preventive and corrective control.

The thesis is in the field of information design and specializing on spatial design. The study explores how workplace personalization can take form in an activity-based workplace with flexi-desks. At the time of writing, Mälardalen University is planning to build a new campus in Eskilstuna. The new workplace for the teachers and researchers is planned to be an activity-based workplace with flexi-desks. Earlier studies have shown that in many cases activity-based workplaces have not been used in the way they were designed for. In those cases, there appears to be issues with employees interaction with the physical environment.   The aim of the study has been to investigate what impact and need of workplace personalization have to the teachers in the academy of innovation, design and technology at Eskilstuna University, in order to avoid above named problems with the teachers new activity-based workplace.   Early empirical data in this study is based on interviews, to get the overall picture and to understand how activity-based workplaces work in practice at other organizations. The interviews also defined the functions of the new campus in Eskilstuna, that lead to a mapping of activity zones in the blueprints of the new building. Through studies of literature, a method has been developed that identifies the underlying needs of workplace personalization for the users in this study. The empirical data, together with earlier studies and design theory that puts human behavior first, resulted in a design proposal that satisfies the users needs for storage and personalization. The design proposal is a complement to the flexible workplace.