Productivity and Stress-buffering Effect of SATOCHI-SATOYAMA in Office Worker

Abstract

The purpose of our research is to specify the effectiveness of stress-buffering effects that SATOCHI-SATOYAMA provides for improving office workers’ motivation. We assume an occupational stress model based on the theory of cognitive appraisal and clarify the relationship between stress and productivity. Results of questionnaire surveys show that two factors have stress buffering-effects: the images of the green of SATOCHI-SATOYAMA and living in a place filled in nature.