Table 3.

Objective and subjective measures of physical workspace characteristics

Objective measures		Subjective measures		Objective measures	Subjective measures
Noise, acoustics, and privacy				Layout and design
Sound pressure level	[19]	Satisfaction with noise	[5–7, 19, 24, 25, 32]	Presence dedicated workroom	[5]	Satisfaction with home	[23, 25]
		Satisfaction with privacy	[7, 13, 23, 30]	Size of workspace	[31]	Importance of dedicated work area	[14]
		Comfort of noise level	[15, 26, 31]	Size of home	[21, 22, 35]	Functionality of space as reason to WFH	[30]
		Influence noise on mental health, productivity	[27]	Private/ shared workspace	[31]	Functionality of space	[15, 20]
		Noise sensitivity	[27]	Crowdedness	[23]
		Types of noise	[21, 29]	Housing typology	[21, 22, 35]
		Noise annoyance	[14, 28]	Work area typology	[5]
		ISO/TS 12913-2	[21, 22]	Construction year home	[35]
		Weinstein’s Noise Sensitivity Scale	[21, 22]
		Acoustics as reason to WFH	[30]
Light and daylight				Thermal comfort and temperature
Light exposure levels	[18]	Satisfaction with natural light	[5–7, 23–25, 34]	Air temperature	[19, 32, 33]	Satisfaction with indoor air temperature	[5–7, 19, 24–26]
Illuminance levels	[19]	Satisfaction with electric light	[5–7, 24, 25]	Relative humidity	[32, 33]	Satisfaction with humidity	[6, 24]
		Satisfaction with glare	[5, 7, 24, 25]			Perception temperature	[28]
		Satisfaction with light environment	[32]			Thermal preference	[15, 31]
		Satisfaction with illuminance	[19]			Temperature as reason to WFH	[30]
		Perception of presence of light	[15]
		Comfort of light	[28]
		Artificial light as reason to WFH	[30]
Biophilia and views				Indoor air quality and ventilation
Access to outdoor space	[16, 34]	Satisfaction with greenery	[7]	CO2 concentration	[19, 32]	Satisfaction with air quality	[5–7, 19, 24–26, 28, 32]
Type of outdoor space	[34]	Satisfaction with views outside	[7, 25]	PM2.5 mass concentration	[32]	Satisfaction with ventilation	[7, 28]
Time spent in garden	[12]	Visual access to nature as reason to WFH	[30]			Evaluation of air quality (poor-fresh)	[15]
Composition of garden	[12]					Perception of air quality	[14, 26]
Type of view outside	[16]					Interference with air quality	[26]
Presence of plants	[34]					Air quality as reason to WFH	[30]
Look and feel
Wall colours	[31]	Wall colours as reason to WFH	[30]