As built environments become more complex,indoor wayfinding challenges increase,especially for first-time visitors.Effective wayfinding design and signage are crucial for helping people reach their destinations.Occupa...As built environments become more complex,indoor wayfinding challenges increase,especially for first-time visitors.Effective wayfinding design and signage are crucial for helping people reach their destinations.Occupant simulations can analyze these features before construction and identify potential issues.However,current models for human wayfinding in unfamiliar environments are limited and rarely predict continuous experiences like perceived path uncertainty.This study developed an integrated agent-based model called“PATH-U”,which simulates multi-floor wayfinding tasks without prior knowledge of the environment and provides feedback on uncertainty levels.This model is based on an observational study with 39 participants completing 273 wayfinding tasks in a complex university building.We developed a path-planning model incorporating visual perception,natural movements,short-term memory,heuristic strategies,and a data-driven multiple linear regression model for uncertainty prediction based on data from 28 participants.Validation with data from 11 participants under a different signage condition shows that the model mostly mirrors human wayfinding behavior and perceived uncertainty,with a few notable discrepancies.The findings suggest that wayfinding design should consider spatial dimensions,confirmational signage,and enhanced cues at crucial intersections to reduce uncertainty and improve performance.Future simulations should incorporate on-route behaviors and environmental reasoning.展开更多
Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees ma...Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees may feel uncertainty at work due to the changed organizational operations and management and perceive the external environment to be more dynamic.Both these perceptions may increase employees’negative emotions and contribute to conflicts between work and life.Drawing from the ego depletion theory,this study aimed to examine the impact of job insecurity during the post-pandemic era on employees’work-life conflicts,and the mediating effect of workplace anxiety in this relationship.Besides,this study also considered the uncertainty of the external macro environment as a boundary condition on the direct and indirect relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflicts.Methods:A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2023 to collect data.MBA students and graduates from business school with full-time jobs are invited to report their perception of job insecurity,work anxiety,perceived environment uncertainty,and work-life conflict.This resulted in 253 valid responses.Data analysis was performed using the SPSS,Amos,and PROCESS.Results:The results showed that:(1)Employees’job insecurity would directly intensify the work-life conflict(B=0.275,p<0.001,95%CI[0.182,0.367]).(2)Employees’workplace anxiety mediates the relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflict(B=0.083,p<0.001,95%CI[0.047,0.130]).(3)The mediating effect of workplace anxiety between job insecurity and work-life conflict exists when perceived environmental uncertainty is high(B=0.049,95%CI[0.011,0.114]),while vanishes when perceived environmental uncertainty is low(B=0.024,95%CI[−0.005,0.068]).Conclusion:Job insecurity combined with perceived environmental uncertainty in the postpandemic era fuels employees’workplace anxiety and work-life conflicts.Post-pandemic trauma lingers,necessitating urgent attention and response.展开更多
文摘As built environments become more complex,indoor wayfinding challenges increase,especially for first-time visitors.Effective wayfinding design and signage are crucial for helping people reach their destinations.Occupant simulations can analyze these features before construction and identify potential issues.However,current models for human wayfinding in unfamiliar environments are limited and rarely predict continuous experiences like perceived path uncertainty.This study developed an integrated agent-based model called“PATH-U”,which simulates multi-floor wayfinding tasks without prior knowledge of the environment and provides feedback on uncertainty levels.This model is based on an observational study with 39 participants completing 273 wayfinding tasks in a complex university building.We developed a path-planning model incorporating visual perception,natural movements,short-term memory,heuristic strategies,and a data-driven multiple linear regression model for uncertainty prediction based on data from 28 participants.Validation with data from 11 participants under a different signage condition shows that the model mostly mirrors human wayfinding behavior and perceived uncertainty,with a few notable discrepancies.The findings suggest that wayfinding design should consider spatial dimensions,confirmational signage,and enhanced cues at crucial intersections to reduce uncertainty and improve performance.Future simulations should incorporate on-route behaviors and environmental reasoning.
文摘Background:Though the COVID-19 pandemic recedes,and our society gradually returns to normal,Chinese people’s work and lifestyles are still influenced by the“pandemic aftermath”.In the post-pandemic era,employees may feel uncertainty at work due to the changed organizational operations and management and perceive the external environment to be more dynamic.Both these perceptions may increase employees’negative emotions and contribute to conflicts between work and life.Drawing from the ego depletion theory,this study aimed to examine the impact of job insecurity during the post-pandemic era on employees’work-life conflicts,and the mediating effect of workplace anxiety in this relationship.Besides,this study also considered the uncertainty of the external macro environment as a boundary condition on the direct and indirect relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflicts.Methods:A two-wave questionnaire survey was conducted from October to December 2023 to collect data.MBA students and graduates from business school with full-time jobs are invited to report their perception of job insecurity,work anxiety,perceived environment uncertainty,and work-life conflict.This resulted in 253 valid responses.Data analysis was performed using the SPSS,Amos,and PROCESS.Results:The results showed that:(1)Employees’job insecurity would directly intensify the work-life conflict(B=0.275,p<0.001,95%CI[0.182,0.367]).(2)Employees’workplace anxiety mediates the relationship between job insecurity and work-life conflict(B=0.083,p<0.001,95%CI[0.047,0.130]).(3)The mediating effect of workplace anxiety between job insecurity and work-life conflict exists when perceived environmental uncertainty is high(B=0.049,95%CI[0.011,0.114]),while vanishes when perceived environmental uncertainty is low(B=0.024,95%CI[−0.005,0.068]).Conclusion:Job insecurity combined with perceived environmental uncertainty in the postpandemic era fuels employees’workplace anxiety and work-life conflicts.Post-pandemic trauma lingers,necessitating urgent attention and response.
