Coworking spaces in urban settings: Prospective roles?

Nakano, Davi Noboru; Shiach, Morag; Koria, Mikko; Santos, Emerson Gomes dos; Virani, Tarek E.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2020.04.014

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“…In parallel, contemporary coworking spaces, thoroughly flexible and towards collaboration orientated workspaces, have seen a significant increase in popularity amongst workers who sought engaging office grounds where they could ‘work along together’ (Spinuzzi 2012 ) while seeking social support (Gerdenitsch et al 2016 ) and collectivization (Avdiikos and Iliopoulou 2019 ) by actively or passively interacting with one another (Parrino 2015 ; Rus and Orel 2015 ; Grazian 2020 ). Due to the increasing demand, coworking spaces have soon started to appear both in urban and rural environments (Merkel 2015 ; Nakano 2020 ), seemingly transforming various micro-locations into centres for highly skilled and knowledgeable workers (Orel 2020 ; Grazian 2020 ; Mariotti et al 2021 ; Migliore et al 2021 ).…”

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Coworking spaces as talent hubs: The imperative for community building in the changing context of new work

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Coworking spaces are flexible and shared work environments that make a significant effort to connect users with supportive networks that commonly result in efficient work outputs, a high level of collaboration and knowledge transfer. Recent years have seen swift growth and popularisation of the coworking model, making these spaces an integral part of local entrepreneurial ecosystems and transforming them into the localised pools of specialised talent. However, little research has been conducted to understand the role of human talent in coworking spaces, indicating a knowledge gap in human resource management and the role of contemporary coworking environments. Therefore, the purpose of the following paper is to contextualize coworking spaces as (local) talent hubs by investigating how they tend to build their identity on their userbase. The manuscript explores the managerial practices and mediation techniques by presenting empirical evidence and subsequent analysis of talent attraction and retention mechanisms commonly used in coworking environments. The study shows that by facilitating interaction and collaboration between users, coworking spaces offer support throughout the business life cycle and identify themselves as local accelerators of entrepreneurship and talent development within their local environments. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11846-021-00487-4.

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“…The context for the emergence of the idea of Coworking Spaces is the need for new workstyles as a result of various technological advances ( Huliana and Ellisa, 2019 ; Moriset, 2013 ; Schürmann, 2013 ). Coworking Spaces are a new urban phenomenon that reflects a shift in knowledge workers toward flexible, project-based tasks and the freedom to work independently in a different location as a result of deeper social changes ( Nakano et al, 2020 ; Richardson, 2017 ). Coworking Spaces are a type of collaborative workspace where people can work independently or as part of a team to share uncommon equipment, ideas, and information ( Jamal, 2018 ; Schürmann, 2013 ).…”

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“…Coworking spaces growth is a symptom of disruption to technology, markets (responsive to demand), and established regulatory mechanisms that is caused by technical developments or structural changes in periods of turmoil ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Davies et al., 2017 ; Martin, 2016 ). Apart from disrupting the market, planners and regulators are often confused about adapting to the dynamics that occur ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Nakano et al., 2020 ). Therefore, most municipal policies and land use legislation have not adapted to the Coworking Spaces phenomenon that can bring legal confusion and impede initiatives ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Nakano et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…Apart from disrupting the market, planners and regulators are often confused about adapting to the dynamics that occur ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Nakano et al., 2020 ). Therefore, most municipal policies and land use legislation have not adapted to the Coworking Spaces phenomenon that can bring legal confusion and impede initiatives ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Nakano et al., 2020 ).…”

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“…Coworking Spaces can support job creation, wealth and increase technology transfer and innovation so that it can be recommended and integrated in public policy ( Babb et al., 2018 ; Buksh and Mouat, 2015 ; Hicks and Faulk, 2018 ; Schmidt et al., 2014 ; Schmidt and Brinks, 2017 ). However, their contribution has not been verified because the current empirical evidence is not strong yet, due to the rare regulations and unclear implementation ( Avdikos and Merkel, 2020 ; Babb et al., 2018 ; Nakano et al., 2020 ). Urban planners and regulators have usually interfered by means of zoning instruments.…”

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A phenomenon in urban disruption: the emergence of Coworking Spaces in Bandung

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2021

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Since the emergence of urban planning science at the beginning of 20 th century, urban disruption as innovation is highly connected to the urban planning framework, it goes along in responding urban problem, in conjunction with the civilization development, from innovation in terms of planning process and field survey in the early 20 th century to the use of information and communication technology (ICT) as analytical planning tools in 2010s. The emergence of Coworking Spaces in Bandung, a capital city of West Java where many universities were founded, and a place for youth scholarship and creativity, is an appropriate location to be used as a case study. This paper aims to analyze spatial patterns and linkages with local features, using kernel density and also somer's d association analysis to determine the presence, strength, and direction of the relationship asymmetrically. This is important to analyze the emergence of Coworking Spaces as a part of urban disruption process in promoting city centre vitality while the advance of technology, service sector expansion, liveable building design become primary focus of globally Coworking Spaces discourses.

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