The coworking (r)evolution : working and living in new territories /
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...
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Edward Elgar Publishing,
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Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
Publication Dates: | [2024] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |
Carrier Form: | xix, 314 pages : illustrations, maps, forms ; 25 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781802209174 1802209174 |
Index Number: | HD4904 |
CLC: | C913.2 |
Call Number: | C913.2/C875 |
Contents: | Introduction to the coworking (r)evolution.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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Jennifer Urasadettan, Anne-Laure Le Nadant, Pascal Glémain, and Gerhard Krauss -- 7. Coworking, legitimate practice, and physical presence in the modern workplace / 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 / Pascal Glémain, Jennifer Urasadettan, and Valérie Billaudeau -- 9. Nuances of working together: The influence of managerial approaches on collaboration within coworking spaces / 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 / 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 / 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 / Divya Leducq and Étienne Bou Abdo -- 13. Third places for transitions? The role of an awareness-raising method with the transition-meter / 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 / Sébastien Le Gall, Guy Baudelle, Anne-Laure Peyrou, and Clément Marinos -- 15. Public libraries as new community hubs for remote workers? / Mina Di Marino and Ilaria Mariotti -- 16. The diversity of coworking spaces: Case studies from Canada / 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 / Helga-Jane Scarwell and Divya Leducq -- 18. Case studies in post-socialist Poland: The development of coworking spaces in small towns and rural areas / Barbara Konecka-Szydłowska and Mariusz Czupich -- Conclusion to the coworking (r)evolution / Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay and Gerhard Krauss -- Index. |