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The Coworking (R)evolution
Working and Living in New Territories
9781802209174 Edward Elgar Publishing
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.
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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.
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.
Critical Acclaim
‘An impressive selection of cases that reflects the variety and scope of the coworking phenomenon, setting a milestone for future research on the topic.’
– Alessandro Gandini, University of Milan, Italy
‘Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss have brought together an impressive array of scholars from the US, Canada, and Europe in what will certainly become an indispensable handbook for all, teachers and students alike, interested in understanding what coworking is all about.’
– Mario Polèse, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
– Alessandro Gandini, University of Milan, Italy
‘Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss have brought together an impressive array of scholars from the US, Canada, and Europe in what will certainly become an indispensable handbook for all, teachers and students alike, interested in understanding what coworking is all about.’
– Mario Polèse, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada
Contributors
Contributors include: Peter A. Bacevice, Guy Baudelle, Valérie Billaudeau, Étienne Bou Abdo, Maurizio Busacca, Ignasi Capdevila, Mariusz Czupich, Barbara Da Roit, Mina Di Marino, Benoît Feildel, Flavie Ferchaud, Aurore Flipo, Pascal Glémain, Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska, Gerhard Krauss, Divya Leducq, Sébastien Le Gall, Patricia Lejoux, Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Christine Liefooghe, Nathalie Marceau, Clément Marinos, Ilaria Mariotti, Gretchen M. Spreitzer, Nathalie Ortar, Nicolas Ovtracht, Anne-Laure Peyrou, Costantino Romeo, Arnaud Scaillerez, Helga-Jane Scarwell, Stéphanie Souche-Le Corvec, Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Jennifer Urasadettan
Contents
Contents:
Introduction to The Coworking (R)evolution 1
Gerhard Krauss and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
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 7
Gerhard Krauss and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
2 Collaborative working, coworking spaces, and communities of practice:
their origins, definitions, forms, different types, and forms of collaboration 26
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Arnaud Scaillerez
PART II THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES
3 How coworking spaces have spread beyond larger metro areas: a spatial
diffusion analysis in France 42
Christine Liefooghe, Guy Baudelle, Sébastien Le Gall, and Clément Marinos
4 A new mode of reconciliation of professional and personal life: the
contribution of coworking space 59
Guy Baudelle, Flavie Ferchaud, Gerhard Krauss, Anne-Laure Peyrou, and
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
5 Perceived health and well-being of workers: understanding the effects
observed in coworking spaces 75
Nathalie Marceau and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
PART III SOCIAL EXCHANGE, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION
6 Motivations to collaborate and motivations to work in coworking
spaces: a comparative analysis 93
Jennifer Urasadettan, Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Pascal Glémain, and Gerhard
Krauss
7 Coworking, legitimate practice, and physical presence in the modern workplace 111
Peter A. Bacevice and Gretchen M. Spreitzer
8 Co-working and entrepreneurship in non-metropolitan Third
Working-places: which local transition? A first analysis in the west
region of France 125
Pascal Glémain, Jennifer Urasadettan, and Valérie Billaudeau
9 Nuances of working together: the influence of managerial approaches
on collaboration within coworking spaces 142
Costantino Romeo, Ignasi Capdevila, Barbara Da Roit, and Maurizio Busacca
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 160
Patricia Lejoux, Aurore Flipo, Nathalie Ortar, Nicolas Ovtracht, and
Stéphanie Souche-Lecorvec
11 Daily mobility patterns of coworkers in non-metropolitan areas:
a French case study 174
Benoît Feildel
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
12 Coworking spaces, digital nomads, and urban development: insights
from Beirut, Lebanon 192
Divya Leducq and Étienne Bou Abdo
13 Third places for transitions? The role of an awareness-raising method
with the transition-meter 209
Valérie Billaudeau and Pascal Glémain
14 The coworking space: a catalyst for initiatives at the crossroad of
mobility and embeddedness. Lessons from peripheral areas of Western France 226
Sébastien Le Gall, Guy Baudelle, Anne-Laure Peyrou, and Clément Marinos
15 Public libraries as new community hubs for remote workers? 244
Mina Di Marino and Ilaria Mariotti
16 The diversity of coworking spaces: case studies from Canada 257
Arnaud Scaillerez and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
17 The little-observed spread of coworking spaces in Asia and their
potential for urban and economic transition: the case of Vietnam 270
Helga-Jane Scarwell and Divya Leducq
18 Case studies in post-socialist Poland: the development of coworking
spaces in small towns and rural areas 284
Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska and Mariusz Czupich
Conclusion to the coworking (r)evolution 301
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss
Index
Introduction to The Coworking (R)evolution 1
Gerhard Krauss and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
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 7
Gerhard Krauss and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
2 Collaborative working, coworking spaces, and communities of practice:
their origins, definitions, forms, different types, and forms of collaboration 26
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Arnaud Scaillerez
PART II THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACES
3 How coworking spaces have spread beyond larger metro areas: a spatial
diffusion analysis in France 42
Christine Liefooghe, Guy Baudelle, Sébastien Le Gall, and Clément Marinos
4 A new mode of reconciliation of professional and personal life: the
contribution of coworking space 59
Guy Baudelle, Flavie Ferchaud, Gerhard Krauss, Anne-Laure Peyrou, and
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
5 Perceived health and well-being of workers: understanding the effects
observed in coworking spaces 75
Nathalie Marceau and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
PART III SOCIAL EXCHANGE, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION
6 Motivations to collaborate and motivations to work in coworking
spaces: a comparative analysis 93
Jennifer Urasadettan, Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Pascal Glémain, and Gerhard
Krauss
7 Coworking, legitimate practice, and physical presence in the modern workplace 111
Peter A. Bacevice and Gretchen M. Spreitzer
8 Co-working and entrepreneurship in non-metropolitan Third
Working-places: which local transition? A first analysis in the west
region of France 125
Pascal Glémain, Jennifer Urasadettan, and Valérie Billaudeau
9 Nuances of working together: the influence of managerial approaches
on collaboration within coworking spaces 142
Costantino Romeo, Ignasi Capdevila, Barbara Da Roit, and Maurizio Busacca
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 160
Patricia Lejoux, Aurore Flipo, Nathalie Ortar, Nicolas Ovtracht, and
Stéphanie Souche-Lecorvec
11 Daily mobility patterns of coworkers in non-metropolitan areas:
a French case study 174
Benoît Feildel
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
12 Coworking spaces, digital nomads, and urban development: insights
from Beirut, Lebanon 192
Divya Leducq and Étienne Bou Abdo
13 Third places for transitions? The role of an awareness-raising method
with the transition-meter 209
Valérie Billaudeau and Pascal Glémain
14 The coworking space: a catalyst for initiatives at the crossroad of
mobility and embeddedness. Lessons from peripheral areas of Western France 226
Sébastien Le Gall, Guy Baudelle, Anne-Laure Peyrou, and Clément Marinos
15 Public libraries as new community hubs for remote workers? 244
Mina Di Marino and Ilaria Mariotti
16 The diversity of coworking spaces: case studies from Canada 257
Arnaud Scaillerez and Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
17 The little-observed spread of coworking spaces in Asia and their
potential for urban and economic transition: the case of Vietnam 270
Helga-Jane Scarwell and Divya Leducq
18 Case studies in post-socialist Poland: the development of coworking
spaces in small towns and rural areas 284
Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska and Mariusz Czupich
Conclusion to the coworking (r)evolution 301
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss
Index
