Experience Sampling Methods (ESM) include a set of tools for the repeated and systematic sampling of psychological states, experiences, and activities in real time, in free-living conditions.
As described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, one of the main pioneers of this methodology, ESM aim at “obtaining self-report for a representative sample of moments in people's life” to study the frequency, intensity, and patterning of self-reported experiences (thoughts, psychological states etc.), and daily activities (social interactions, changes in locations etc.
Analysis of the impact of changes in physical workplace features (lighting, aestetichs, office layout) on multiple indicators of employee health and well-being (perceived comfort, mood, sleep, HRV, cortisol).