Coworking and the Generation of Employment and Income

Farina, Milton Carlos; Neto, Alvaro Francisco Fernandes; Carvalho, Antonio Aparecido de; Berne, Davi de França

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“…Thus, the creative class is a critical mass for collaborative places, represented by individuals engaged in professions such as design, architecture, software design, advertising, publishing, arts, crafts, fashion, film, music, theatre, research, TV, radio, and gaming. Florida (2002) argued that these professions form the "creative core", while individuals employed in finance, trade, law, and healthcare are perceived as "creative professionals". The creative class is considered more open-minded, flexible, and having higher levels of individuality (Kagan and Hahn, 2011;Florida et al, 2013).…”

Section: Coworking Spaces and The Role Of The Creative Class In Local Creative Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The creative class concept is also a subject of critique mainly by economic geographers regarding the fuzziness of some of the concepts and definitions (Pratt, 2008;Clifton, 2008). Nevertheless, Florida (2002) argued that to attract the creative class, cities have to pursue "the three T's" consisting of talent, tolerance and technology, along with a focus on details, such as diversity and individuality. The attraction of the creative class is simultaneously based on two different streams based on job motivated migration (Niedomysl and Clark, 2010), and the role of cultural amenities in cities (Lawton et al .…”

Section: Coworking Spaces and The Role Of The Creative Class In Local Creative Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…, 2013). Additionally, Florida (2002) developed the Creativity index as a tool for describing how the creativity class is attracted to a city. The use of the Creativity index is still highly limited due to the difficulties in identifing some indexes (Kloudová and Chwaszcz, 2012).…”

Section: Coworking Spaces and The Role Of The Creative Class In Local Creative Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The notion of the cultural and creative industries (CCI) was firstly acknowledged by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS, 1998) as a novelty concept based on individual creativity, skills, and talent. Furthermore, the CCI are considered a driver for job creation, mainly through the exploitation of intellectual capital (Florida, 2002). The development of digital media raised awareness of the CCI as they are linked with wider processes and sectors outside creative economy.…”

Section: Introduction To Creative Industries and Collaborative Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Involvement of various agents create a favourable environment for crossover innovation that comprises both internal and external features (Cooke, 2018). Moreover, favourable an innovative and entrepreneurial environment nurtures economic growth with pre-conditions corresponding to creativity and interaction in time and place (Copercini, 2016;Farina et al ., 2018).…”

Section: Introduction To Creative Industries and Collaborative Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Collaborative places nurture creativity and efficiency of cultural and creative industries. Research in collaborative places revealed they are essential for networking and cooperation in the creative ecosystem. The results of studies focusing on competitiveness of coworking spaces and their effect on boosting entrepreneurship are rather vague. Furthermore, an awareness of how coworking spaces stimulate coworkers to engage in urban regeneration through local community initiatives is limited. Hence, this study seeks to provide an insight into coworking spaces from the organizational perspective devoted to entrepreneurship and competitiveness. Simultaneously, the paper aims to reveal synergies between creative communities and local development. The method of data gathering consists of semi-structured in-depth interviews with managers and entrepreneurs from selected countries of the EU applying the grounded theory for their analysis. The results suggest that coworking spaces indicate a boosting of the entrepreneurship of the creative class through collective projects. These activities tend to stimulate knowledge creation and open innovation in the creative ecosystem that benefit local development. Coworking spaces also represent a driving force to initiate and maintain a dialogue between the creative ecosystem and local authorities for culture-led urban development.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Coworking Spaces and The Role Of The Creative Class In Local Creative Ecosystemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Coworking Spaces and The Role Of The Creative Class In Local Creative Ecosystemsmentioning

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Supporting work–life balance with the use of coworking spaces

Orel

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the topic of parents who work on a flexible basis and use coworking facilities to find a work–life balance and overcome work–family conflicts. Design/methodology/approach The author uses a qualitative approach to explore the research questions. The first part of the empirical research undertakes an ethnographical approach in carrying out the unobstructed participant observation within five European coworking spaces targeted at improving comprehension of the spaces’ mediation mechanisms and development of supportive interactions. The second part traverses into conducting unstructured interviews with parents who work on a flexible basis and use a coworking space as their daily workplace. Findings This research paper reveals that flexible workers who found themselves juggling work tasks and family obligations tend to seek better conditions that assist them in tackling conflictual situations and, in addition, enhance their social lives to create further career opportunities. Coworking spaces are thus perceived as optimal workplaces by working parents in that they can find stability and scale their social networks within. Moreover, the continually evolving user interactions resulting from effective mediation mechanisms let these individuals find emotional support, increase productivity and exchange knowledge. Originality/value While the coworking industry is rapidly evolving and the academia is keener on investigating the field, the subcategory of work–life and family care within these collaborative environments is virtually unresearched. This paper provides valuable insight into the topic and serves as a knowledge base for the future exploration of this field.

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The ambience of collaboration in coworking environments

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Almeida

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to take an explanatory role and analyse the development of workspace ambiences in coworking spaces which optimise the chance of interactivity between individual users and leading towards cooperation. The paper thus offers a discussion on how the ambience that is tailored to a particular coworking space enhances the possibility of collaboration between two or more users of a selected workspace. Design/methodology/approach Ethnographically guided observations of six coworking spaces and qualitative interviews with their managers were used to gain an understanding of the workspace ambiences in coworking spaces. As direct measurement of the frequency of collaboration would be logistically profound, this paper rather explores the conditions for spontaneous or moderated interactivity between workspace users, which may be regulated by the creation of an optimal coworking space ambience. Findings The following paper defines the coworking space ambience as the look and the feel of a work environment which can arouse certain moods towards a particular place and its users. Coworking spaces may impose various approaches that not only attract potential workspace users and form initial ties between them but also produce a certain ambience that leads to collaborative action between users. The factors of spatial design need to be adapted, and engagement strategies need to be constructed to maximise the preferential output. The research behind the following paper concludes that the factors of spatial comfortability are an essential predisposition for workspace users to engage in cooperation with each other. Various mechanisms are needed to customise these engagements into cooperative action. Originality/value While the outcomes of sharing these environments have been periodically explored, no attempts have been made to investigate how coworking ambience is being created and implemented to optimise collaborative efforts of individuals who are sharing the workspace. For that reason, the audience of this paper should not only be limited to academics but may also be suitable for managers and office-space operators seeking to understand dynamics of collaboration within new types of shared office spaces.

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Coworking and the Generation of Employment and Income

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