ISBN:
9781802209181
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online Ressource (334 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The coworking (r)evolution
DDC:
306.36
Keywords:
Work-life balance
;
Work environment
;
Virtual work
;
Quality of work life
;
Coworking spaces
;
Third places
;
Collaborative working
;
Social exchange
;
Socializing at work
;
New models of working and living
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- About this book and acknowledgements -- Introduction to The Coworking (R)evolution -- Part I Conceptualization and definitions of third places, coworking, and coworking spaces -- 1. Third places, coworking, and coworking spaces as concepts responding to current social and economic trends -- 2. Collaborative working, coworking spaces, and communities of practice: their origins, definitions, forms, different types, and forms of collaboration -- Part II The social dimension of collaborative workspaces -- 3. How coworking spaces have spread beyond larger metro areas: a spatial diffusion analysis in France -- 4. A new mode of reconciliation of professional and personal life: the contribution of coworking space -- 5. Perceived health and well-being of workers: understanding the effects observed in coworking spaces -- Part III Social exchange, cooperation, and collaboration -- 6. Motivations to collaborate and motivations to work in cowo -- 7. Coworking, legitimate practice, and physical presence in the modern workplace -- 8. Co-working and entrepreneurship in non-metropolitan Third Working-places: which local transition? A first analysis in the west region of France -- 9. Nuances of working together: the influence of managerial approaches on collaboration within coworking spaces -- Part IV The mobility of co-workers -- 10. Coworking spaces: a way of promoting more sustainable mobility and lifestyles? The example of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France -- 11. Daily mobility patterns of coworkers in non-metropolitan areas: a French case study -- Part V The diversity of social trajectories, institutional context, cooperation, policy measures, and mobility patterns: lessons from empirical field studies in France, Italy, Norway, Canada, Vietnam, Lebanon, and Poland.
Abstract:
The digitalization of work processes and the generalization of IT are creating unprecedented opportunities. An increasing part of the workforce is experimenting with new forms of work, as freelancers, self-employed or highly skilled employees with greater autonomy. International in scope, this book comprehensively explores these new models of work, mobility and life trajectories, and the increasing role of non-metropolitan coworking spaces. This interdisciplinary book investigates new trends in relationships between work, life plans, work-life balance, and mobility in the context of ongoing societal digitalization. An expert group of contributors adopts a comparative approach in assessing the coworking phenomenon. They examine the social embeddedness of collaborative workspaces and consider topics such as social exchange, cooperation and collaboration, critically assessing the question of individual and collective mobilities, and exploring the historical roots of coworking and its developing meanings and uses in practice. Gathering a wide variety of studies which investigate the diversity of social trajectories, institutional context, social transition, cooperation, policy measures, and mobility patterns, this book will be an interesting read for academics and students in the fields of organizational behavior, human geography, sociology of work, cities, and regional studies. Politicians interested in territorial development, elected officials, workers of municipalities and regions, and journalists who cover work issues, will similarly find this to be a beneficial read
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DOI:
10.4337/9781802209181
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