Time for space: A narrative review of research on organizational spaces

Taylor, Scott; Spicer, André

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00214.x

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“…For instance, think of redistribution of office space and the vicious political contestation this can inspire. Such struggles are due to the fact that what is at stake is not just a workspace, but resonate with broader aspects of symbolic power, one's position in a social network and one's sense of self (Taylor and Spicer, 2007).…”

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Power in Management and Organization Science

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Spicer

2014

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent AbstractThis paper reviews and evaluates the concept of power in management and organization science. In order to organize the extant literature on this topic, we develop a framework that identifies four faces of power (i.e., coercion, manipulation, domination and subjectification) and four sites of power (i.e., power enacted 'in', 'through', 'over' and 'against' organizations). This allows us to evaluate assumptions both shared and contested in the field. Building on the review, the paper then points to potentially novel areas of research that may extend our understandings of organizational power in management and organization science.

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Power in Management and Organization Science

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“…Sometimes, the technical knowledges used by affordable studio provision groups to measure and make the studios material, and the practical descriptions of their uses, are at odds with a depiction of the dynamic relationship between space, subjective experience and artistic creativity (Taylor and Spicer, 2007). Affordable studio provision groups recognise, for example, that the studio is a very different workplace to the factory or the assembly line, and other creative occupations.…”

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The Promise of the Affordable Artist's Studio: Governing Creative Spaces in London

Moreton

2013

Environ Plan A

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The role of artists' organisations in populating and popularising postindustrial urban areas is well documented. However, what are less apparent are analyses of how spaces of artistic production are organised and governed in these areas. This paper explores, via an analysis of organisational documents and practices, the techniques used by London-based affordable studio providers to imagine, calculate, and make material low-cost workspace for artists. The argument made is that the negotiation of competing agendas around the production of cultural, economic, and social benefit by affordable studio providers has led to the emergence of a specific form of affordable studio. This analysis will thus show how configurations of creative space emerge from mundane techniques of measurement and governance.

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“…The image of the panopticon as an instrument of surveillance and control and the resulting self-discipline of employees is the most common used metaphor when discussing the materialization of power relations. Another dimension is the predominantly masculine nature of workplaces reflecting the early twentieth century divide between paid working men and unpaid-work-in-home women (Taylor & Spicer, 2007). Naturally, the study of the workspace as materialization of power relations offers a fertile ground for outcomes impacting human dignity.…”

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“…We close our chapter with concluding thoughts on the intricacies between physical space, power and dignity, and by calling the attention to an overlooked topic. Taylor and Spicer (2007) classify the existing studies of organizational spaces into three categories: space as distance; space as the materialization of power relations; space as experience. While in the first case the approach is more mechanistic involving objective measurements of distance, investigating power relations and experiences relies much more on interpretive approaches.…”

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Office Design and Dignity at Work in the Knowledge Economy

Nikolaeva

Russo

2016

Dignity and the Organization

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SUMMARYThe current chapter looks at a grossly overlooked aspect affecting employee dignity in the workplace -the physical environment. While the knowledge economy has grown tremendously in the last four decades, researchers have not paid much attention to the new needs of the physical workspace despite the fact that office buildings represent the second largest financial overhead after human resource. At the same time, the physical space is a critical element in the organization of the processes, activities and ultimately the power structure of any organization.Dignity in itself has not been in the center of management and organizations research, either. The few scholars who have written on the subject have mostly relied on writings in philosophy, sociology, political science, and law. We use their deconstruction of dignity into matters of identity, autonomy, dependency, seriousness, and trust to link the concept to the studied effects of the office physical environment on employees.The chapter presents an overview of the different elements of the workspace environment that have been subject of interest to researchers and their effects on employees. The characteristics of the physical environment are organized in three broad groups: (i) the office structure and layout (e.g., enclosed offices vs. open plans, the presence of other barriers, the size), (ii) the office décor and design (e.g., furniture and equipment), and (iii) ergonomic aspects such as lighting, noise, temperature, and air. Their effects are expressed at multiple levels and encompass broad outcomes ranging from individual physical and psychological wellbeing to job satisfaction to team cohesion and organizational performance. The important point is that employees are almost never consulted on their preferences for elements of the office design and that there is no recognition for the need for different solutions for different types of employees and contexts. This state of affairs brings the question of employee dignity into the picture.The chapter concludes by linking the elements of the physical environment of the 21 st century office to the concepts of power and dignity. We make three basic points. First, the knowledge economy is increasingly dependent on knowledge workers who are narrowly specialized and hence tend to have different needs in the workplace. Second, decisions about the physical environment are extremely complex and giving agency to employees in these decisions is crucial because of knowledge workers' high demands of autonomy. Third, due to this complexity, a systems approach is best suited to abet the understanding of the place of the physical workspace in a constantly evolving organic system of people and organizations. We suggest that such an approach taking into consideration the physical

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Time for space: A narrative review of research on organizational spaces

Cited by 355 publications

References 104 publications

Power in Management and Organization Science

Power in Management and Organization Science

The Promise of the Affordable Artist's Studio: Governing Creative Spaces in London

Office Design and Dignity at Work in the Knowledge Economy

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