CO-Coffee: A Technology Probe Study to Facilitate Coffee Breaks in Open Offices

被引：0

作者：

Sun, Xiaoqing ^{[1
]}

Wang, Jingyi ^{[2
]}

Zhou, Yan ^{[2
]}

Wang, Suhan ^{[2
]}

Li, Yixuan ^{[2
]}

Ren, Xipei ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Design & Arts, DIV Lab, Beijing, Peoples R China

[2] Beijing Inst Technol, Sch Design & Arts, Beijing, Peoples R China

来源：

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS OF THE 2024 CHI CONFERENCE ON HUMAN FACTORS IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS, CHI 2024 | 2024年

关键词：

Office vitality; coffee break; social interactions; technology probe;

D O I：

10.1145/3613905.3651030

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Coffee breaks serve as a good opportunity for workers to break up sedentary work and socialize with their colleagues. In this paper, we present a technology probe study using CO-Coffee, a sociotechnical system designed to encourage mutual invitation between coworkers for drinking coffee and visualize the process of each social break in an open office. The one-week probe study was conducted in three workplaces with 28 office workers to gain some qualitative insights into usage patterns and user experiences with CO-Coffee. Our results revealed how this probe facilitated coffee breaks in different working contexts and how participants established rituals around CO-Coffee to engage in break times. We emphasized the importance of positive workplace norms on break-taking behaviors and discussed design implications for reshaping workplace ambiance to encourage active and equal participations in break times.

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