Comfort has become a consumable commodity that affects all areas of daily life, from housing, public transport... to the "world of work". While comfort seems to be a marketing pitch that invades our daily lives, professional sphere on the other hand seems to be "saved" by this phenomenon. For example, over the last five years we can count more than thirty books on stress at work and less than fifteen on the well-being at work. 

Focusing on comfort at work, this conference is rooted in the field of positive psychology and for any researcher who works (or want to) on the factors that allow individuals to live better within the company in order to work better. 
Three areas will be given priority during the two-day conference: 

  • "Comfort at work": what are we talking about?
                   - physical dimensions of comfort: standards, nuisances and « comfort zones », security…
                   - functional dimensions of comfort: assessment, satisfaction towards work environment…
                   - psychological dimensions of comfort:  organizational space's appropriation, work attachment, control over work environment
  • Is there one or several comforts at work?
              - the impact of  sociodemographic (age, gender…), socio-organiizational (status, position in the organization…) and individual variables
                (life trajectories, career, work values, personality…)
              - the impact of organizational situations (type of organization, type of work organization, type of activity, management practices, 
                organizational culture…)
  • What are the consequences of individual and/or organizational work situation that are characterized by the presence or absence of comfort?
                   - the link between comfort at work and health: comfort at work as a response to psychological risks
                   - the relationship between comfort at work and productivity: comfort at work as an indicator of performance?

Submission guidelines

Submissions are closed. 

A special issue of the journal Psychologie du Travail et des Organisations (PTO) is planned. 


If you wish to see your abstract to be assessed, you will have to send your manuscript during the conference at the reception office. Your manuscript shall comply with the standards of the journal.