ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the specific workplace expectations of different generations of office workers. It explores the need to integrate local cultural differences into global workplace strategies. The chapter aims to evaluate how the working environment can be used to facilitate multigenerational working. It gives consideration to different personality types and how that transfers to the need for both calm reflective environments and stimulating interactive environments. The chapter establishes gender differences in evaluation of indoor environmental quality (IEQ), specifically thermal comfort. It explores the need to integrate local cultural differences into global workplace strategies. The process illustrates how the people component of model and the ideas and research presented in this chapter can be implemented in practice. The research undertaken consisted of interviewing ten representatives of multinationals about workplace characteristics and corporate real estate (CRE) strategies. The research proposes that the alignment to local national culture is due to the involvement of local people in workplace design.
