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“Coworking Is About Community”: But What Is “Community” in Coworking?

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: Coworking spaces are shared working environments in which independent knowledge workers gather. Coworking is consistently described in terms of community and collaboration—yet these terms are defined inconsistently in the coworking literature. This study reviews the literature on coworking to better examine how community relates to collaboration. To anchor a more systematic analysis of community in coworking, the authors introduce Adler and Heckscher’s typology of communities; apply it to a study of six coworking spaces in the United States, Italy, and Serbia; and develop the typology to better understand coworking.

Source: Journal of Business and Technical Communication

DOI: 10.1177/1050651918816357

Authors: Clay Spinuzzi, Zlatko Bodrožić, Giuseppe Scaratti, Silvia Ivaldi

Institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, University of Leeds, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Language: English

Topic: Facilities and Workplace Management

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2904824718

FWCI: 30.13

Cites: 56

Cited by: 205

Related to: 10