Description
Book SynopsisBefore 2019, coworking spaces were flourishing, however the COVID-19 pandemic put growth on hold. As organizations have begun to move towards more hybrid ways of working, they are becoming the preferred option and are particularly attractive for new business ventures. There are significant gaps in the research of coworking spaces: their forms, configurations, influences, challenges, and how to manage transformations of incumbents when establishing spaces. The trend is being noticed, but a better understanding of the phenomenon and a consideration of management innovations is needed to fully harness the true possibilities of coworking spaces.
In Awakening the Management of Coworking Spaces, the chapter authors combine a scientific approach with managing implications, developing theoretic constructs, reporting qualitative and quantitative findings about challenges, potentials, effects, managerial solutions, and success stories. The contributors are academics and practitioners, bringing together their research and real-world experiences to help organizations shape best practices.
An applicable and scholarly collection of chapters offers the latest research on coworking spaces – both the benefits and challenges – and provides a roadmap for corporations to get the best out of their employees whilst maximising their potential.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction; Ricarda Bouncken Chapter 2. Coworking: Creative Spaces after the Pandemic Home Office; Mark Nicholas Phillips and Angelika Donhauser Chapter 3. Coworking-Space Definitions, Forms and Configurations; Ricarda Bouncken and Lars Görmar Chapter 4. One Size Does Not Fit All: Considering Materiality to Understand Routines in Coworking-Spaces; Ricarda Bouncken and Muhammad Mahmood Aslam Chapter 5. Collisions in Coworking-Spaces for Creativity and Innovation in the Office; Mark Nicholas Phillips Chapter 6. Permeability in Coworking-Spaces as an Innovation Facilitator; Ricarda Bouncken and Muhammad Mahmood Aslam Chapter 7. How to Create Sense of Community in Coworking-Spaces; Ricarda Bouncken and Till Marius Gantert Chapter 8. Software Support in Coworking Spaces – Instruments, Applications, and Challenges; Cristopher Siegfried Kopplin Chapter 9. Community Management; Alexandra Rese and Daniel Baier Chapter 10. Continuous User Needs Evaluation and Orientation; Markus Urban and Nikolas Müller Chapter 11. Concluding Remarks; Ricarda Bouncken
