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Appendix 3: Interview questions
English (for Dutch, see below):
Introduction literature
ICT developments -> Time and place independence of work -> Changing organizational
structure and
culture -> Changing workplaces.
1.
Hierarchy
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on the decreasing separation between leadership and
operations of work (e.g. less hierarchy). Do you agree with this?
b)
How will this affect the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
2.
Training
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on the increasing training necessity to deal with changes
in the workplace caused by NWW. Do you agree with this?
b)
To what extent do you expect that this is also the case in the academic office workplace?
c)
How will this affect the use of the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
3.
Department forming
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on increasing informal behaviors in the office workplace,
caused by open space planning as result of NWW implementation. Do you agree with
this?
b)
Do informal behaviors lead to other ways of department forming and, if so, do these
newly formed departments affect the use of the academic office workplace?
4.
Control
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on the shift from a presence-oriented to output-oriented
style of control. Do you agree with this?
b)
How will this affect the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
5.
Communication
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on the decreasing need for a liaison function (to connect
different departments) in organizations, since the liaison function will be fulfilled by
departments themselves (supported by increasing ease of communication due to NWW
and ICT applications). Do you agree with this?
b)
How will this affect the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
6.
Employee autonomy
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on an increasing employee autonomy due to NWW
implementation. Do you agree with this?
b)
How will this affect the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
7.
Organizational
attachment
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on a potential decrease in attachment to the
organization
due to employees being less present in the organization. Do you agree with this?
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b)
How can an academic organization harness itself from a potential decrease in
attachment to this organization?
c)
How will this affect the (use of) the academic office workplace when implementing
NWW?
8.
Physical office layout
a)
Literature on NWW elaborates on the expected changing physical office layout when
implementing NWW. Do you agree with this?
b)
How will this affect the academic office workplace when implementing NWW?
9.
What (other) consequences will Wageningen UR be faced with in
context of time and place
independence of work, concerning academic office workplaces, and how can Wageningen UR
anticipate on them?
10.
What will the academic office workplace of the future look like?