Virtual Office Questionnaire
My name is Rina Kolomisky. I am a student at the Technion – Israel Institute
of Technology, in Haifa, in Israel. Under the supervision of Professor Rivka Oxman,
I am writing my master’s degree thesis on the subject of designing
virtual environments. I would
appreciate it if you would complete a questionnaire to help us understand
your opinions and thoughts about possible activities that could take
place in the environment of a virtual office.
The results of the questionnaire will be used for purposes
of this research thesis only. Your answers will be completely confidential
and anonymous. Thank you for
participating in this study.
To help you answer these questions, I would like to
describe a virtual office. A
virtual office is a 3D interactive site on the internet, which can
be accessed from any physical location through a computer.
Now I would like to ask you several questions about
activities that could occur in a virtual office.
Question
1
Have you ever visited a virtual office?
a)
Yes
b)
No
Question 2
How would you like a virtual office to appear? (Check all that apply)
a)
Like an office that is found in the real world
b)
Like an office found in the world of fantasy and imagination
c)
Other (please write your answer
in the box)
Question 3
How do you feel about the possibility of being able to see other employees
at a virtual office? (Check
one box only)
a)
I want to see other employees
b)
I don’t want to see other employees
Question 4
How do you feel about the possibility of being able to speak to other
employees in a virtual office? (Check one box only)
a)
I want to speak to other employees
b)
I don’t want to speak to other employees
Question 5
Which of the following activities would you like to be able to do in
order to examine objects in a virtual office? (Check all that apply)
a)
View the object
b)
Rotate the object
c)
Touch the object
d)
Enlarge the object
e)
Hear information about the object
f)
Read information about the object
g)
Other (please write your answer
in the box)
Question 6
How do you feel about the possibility of physically interacting in
a virtual office? (Check one box only)
a)
I want to be able to physically interact
b)
I don’t want to be able to physically
interact (go to question 8)
Question 7
Which of the following types of physical interaction would you like
to be able to do in a virtual office? (Check all that apply)
a)
Write comments
b)
Leave of oral comments
c)
Use of footsteps
d)
Being able to sign your name
e)
Register complaints
f)
Other (please write your answer
in the box)
Question 8
In this virtual office we have three sections for various activities:
1. An information section, where one can find information concerning
the office’s operations, such as work-projects
2. A relaxation section for chat-rooms and taking time-out
3. A work section which serves as a working place for working on a
variety of projects
Please grade the level of importance of each of the above sections
of a virtual office. Grades are from a low level of importance (1)
to a very high level of importance (5).
Question 9
What additional sections would you like to see in a virtual office?
(Please write your answers in the box below)
Next I want to ask you several questions about possible
activities that might take place in the information section of a virtual
office.
Question
10
How do you feel about the possibility of being able to view projects
that are being worked on in the information section of a virtual office?
(e.g. specialization of office work) (Check one box only)
a)
I like this idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 11
How do you feel about the possibility of being able to click on a link
that will enable you to enter a virtual product catalogue room? (e.g. viewing of recent projects of the office)
a)
I like this idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 12
How do you feel about the possibility of clicking on a link that will
take you to other similar virtual offices, for the purpose of comparison
of various items of importance to the business? (e.g.
project prices)
a)
I like this idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 13
What types of activities would you expect to find in the information
section of a virtual office? (Please write your answer in the box
below)
Next I would like to ask you several questions about
possible activities that may occur in the relaxation section of a
virtual office.
Question 14
What is your opinion of being able to participate in conversations
in chat-rooms with both employees in the virtual office as well as
others? (Check one box only)
a)
I like this idea
b)
I don’t like this idea (go to question
16)
Question 15
What types of chat-rooms would you like to see in the relaxation section
of a virtual office? Following are descriptions of 3 types of chat-rooms.
1. Private chat-room is a closed chat-room for only a few invited participants
2. Friends’ chat-room is an open chat-room for friends
3. Open chat-room is a chat-room that is open to all interested persons
(Please indicate below your preference for each type of chat-room in
a virtual office, from a low grade of 1 to a high grade of 5)
Question 16
How do you feel about being able to see movies in the relaxation section
of a virtual office? (Check one box only)
a)
I like this idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 17
How do you feel about being able to click on a link that will take
you from the relaxation section of the virtual office to a virtual
café? (Check one box only)
a)
I like the idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 18
What kinds of activities would you expect to find in the relaxation
section of a virtual office? (Please write your answer in the box
below)
The following section of the questionnaire deals with
activities you would expect to find in the work section of a virtual
office.
Question
19
How do you feel abut the possibility of collaborations between employees
taking place in the work section of a virtual office? (Check one box only)
a)
I like the idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 20
How do you feel about the possibility of collaborative efforts with
other virtual offices?
a)
I like the idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 21
How do you feel about the possibility of clicking on a link in the
work section of a virtual office that will take you to a client’s
virtual office or other location in order to discuss current work-projects,
etc?
a)
I like the idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 22
What is your opinion about the possibility of being able to invite
a client to the work section of a virtual office in order to discuss
the current work-project, etc.?
a)
I like the idea
b)
I don’t like this idea
Question 23
Please describe in the box below the types of activities you would
expect to be able to engage in, in the work section of a virtual office.
I would now like to ask you a few personal questions
to help us interpret the results of the questionnaire.
Question
24
What is your gender?
a)
Male
b)
Female
Question 25
What is your age?
a)
under 18
b)
18-24 years
c)
25-34 years
d)
35-44 years
e)
45-54 years
f)
55-64 years
g)
65 or older
Question 26
What is the highest level of education you have completed?
a)
Grade school (grades 1 - 8)
b)
High school (grades 9 - 12)
c)
High school graduate
d)
Some college or technical school
e)
Bachelor’s degree or higher
Question 27
What is your profession/occupation? (Write your answer in the box
below)
Question 28
Please check one of the boxes below to indicate the amount of time
you usually spend using the internet (Check one option only)
Question 29
May we contact you at a later date for follow-up questions?
a)
yes (please provide your email address)
b)
no
This is the end of the questionnaire. Thank you very much for participating in this
study. |