Clutter led to strong negative ratings, and furniture arrangement had relatively little impact. The pattern of interactions suggested that salience of environmental factors moderated their impact on office visitors. The environmental manipulations had a greater impact on females than on males. The Effectiveness of Flowers as a Change Element in the Office Environment on the Attitudes of Employees. The effects of flowers on individuals are presumed to be positive, but rigorous research that substantiates the beneficial effects of flowers is absent.
Many people spend a great deal of their day working in an office environment.
The office environment is typically sterile and is therefore a good target for measuring the effects of an environmental change. An attitude questionnaire was used to measure worker attitudes before and during the third week in which the experimental group received flowers. Worker attitudes about co-workers, the supervisor, the organization, the appearance of the physical setting, change, variety, and being treated as an individual were measured. No significant difference was measured as a result of the flowers. Results of debriefing interviews indicate that in order to have an effect on employee attitudes, flowers must be perceived as a sincere emotional expression from an individual.