ABSTRACT
Can design lead to differential affective states (or at least lead to differential affective signals)? Obviously, we believe that it can. Indeed, in the area of office design, Larsen et al. (1998) assessed the impact of the density of plants in an office on mood, perceptions of performance, and actual productivity task performance. They found that reported mood and perceptions of performance were more positive in the presence of plants, but that actual task performance was inversely related to plant density. This might be indicative of a performance decrement in good moods and a lack of consistency between perceptions of performance and true performance.
