Lighting Influence on Stress Level of Iranian Staffs (Case study: Central Organization of Farhangian University in Tehran, Iran)

Abstract

A person's work environment is very important. We spend nearly as much time at work as we do at home and even for some office workers, they spend more at their office than home. Improper office environments can cause major stress for workers.

This paper presents an experimental study with 100 participants on the influence of lighting on staffs’ stress level. This method uses information derived from field observations and answers to questionnaires distributed to employees and officials who are in the top management of the central organization of Farhangian University, Tehran branch. Collected informations was analyzed by using SPSS-22.

Data analysis shows that degree of stress is an effect of lighting level of workplace and can be changed with making improvement in interior design. Also this study does not claim a correlation between gender and stress but shows that the educational level of an employee influences the degree of stress.