Is physical co-presence a prerequisite for Durkheimian collective effervescence? Reflections on remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vine, Tom

doi:10.1080/14759551.2023.2201004

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“…Inspired by the (micro)sociologies of Durkheim (1912) and Goffman (1959), certain scholars assume that co-presence refers to a mainly spatial relationship of ‘being there’ in the same here and now (e.g. a physical co-presence in the office on certain fixed days) (Collins, 2020; Felstead et al, 2003; Fiol and O’Connor, 2005; Vine, 2023). While vulnerability is absent from these views, other studies have sought to describe how employees in conditions of hybrid work may suffer from stress (Kelliher and Anderson, 2010), ‘socio-spatial isolation’ (Halford, 2005) or a ‘fear of exclusion’ (Sewell and Taskin, 2015; Ter Hoeven and Van Zoonen, 2015).…”

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“…A growing number of management and organization studies have mobilized the concept of co-presence to examine how distributed and hybrid models reshape social relations and working communities. The existing literature reveals, for instance, insights into the micro-interactional (Collins, 2020; Vine, 2023), perceptual (Grabher et al, 2018; Campos-Castillo and Hitlin, 2013; O’Leary et al, 2014; Schiemer et al, 2023; Wilson et al, 2008; Zhao, 2003; Zhao and Elesh, 2008), identity-related (Ajzen and Taskin, 2021; Fiol and O’Connor, 2005; Taskin et al, 2023) and embodied (Aroles and Küpers, 2021; Hafermalz and Riemer, 2020; Vidolov, 2022) facets of co-presence, thus suggesting its usefulness in examining collective phenomena in a post-pandemic world of work. Yet, most of these studies have tended to consider co-presence as fundamentally distinct from vulnerability, thus creating a common divide between the two phenomena.…”

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Towards a ‘vulnerable co-presence’ for hybrid ways of working: Recasting the nexus of co-presence and vulnerability with Merleau-Ponty and Butler

Bancou

2024

Management Learning

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While hybrid working offers many benefits, its individualizing inclination creates ‘new vulnerabilities’ by making social ties and work collectives more precarious. A growing number of studies have referred to co-presence to examine how hybrid work arrangements reshape sociality and togetherness at work. However, most consider co-presence as fundamentally distinct from vulnerability, creating a common divide between the two phenomena. This conceptual article posits a normative argument that recasting how co-presence relates to vulnerability should help to address the ‘new vulnerabilities’ at stake in hybrid working. After briefly exploring how the literature examines the interplay of co-presence and vulnerability, I draw on existential phenomenology – in particular, the ontological arguments of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Judith Butler – to develop the notion of ‘vulnerable co-presence’ before introducing three points of attention, namely how it is (1) ‘intercorporeal’, (2) ‘temporo-spatial’ and (3) ‘ethico-political’. I then outline the two main implications of this framework. First, it lays the groundwork for repoliticizing the hybrid workforce. Second, it offers practitioners a perceptual basis for imagining and learning new skills to ‘hold the collective together’ in hybrid organizational contexts. Finally, I present this article’s methodological contributions and suggest some avenues for future research.

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Towards a ‘vulnerable co-presence’ for hybrid ways of working: Recasting the nexus of co-presence and vulnerability with Merleau-Ponty and Butler

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2024

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“…In our post-pandemic world of work, as many knowledge workers are working remotely, often through digital means (Thompson, 2019; Vandaele and Piasna, 2023; Vine, 2023), the meaning of being together, communally, has changed along with the way we share, collaborate, discuss, interact, exchange and involve ourselves in organizations including our own (e.g. Aroles and Küpers, 2022; Gigauri, 2020).…”

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Experiencing communality in collective activity: Four ways to generate sameness in differences

Louise Cunliffe,

de Vaujany,

Hafermalz

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In this introductory article of the special issue ‘Experiencing communality and togetherness at work: Phenomenologies of a shared existence’, we suggest exploring the issue of sameness and differences at stake in collective activity. In a post-pandemic world of work, a weak sense of co-presence is fostered by hyper-individualization, fragmentation, liquidity, geo-political tensions and a widespread distrust of social institutions. In this context, communality is less than ever a given. In this context, we ask the following question: How can we experience communality together in collective activity while acknowledging our often profound differences? This essay and special issue address this question by investigating how sameness can be experienced in and through difference. Specifically, we do so by focusing on commons and the process of communalization as it has been explored in Management and Organization Studies. We propose a typology in which we specify four perspectives shedding light on four experiences of communality in collective activity through and beyond differences. This typology offers a lens to present the articles selected for this special issue, as well as generating implications for research and education in Management and Organization Studies.

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Is physical co-presence a prerequisite for Durkheimian collective effervescence? Reflections on remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Towards a ‘vulnerable co-presence’ for hybrid ways of working: Recasting the nexus of co-presence and vulnerability with Merleau-Ponty and Butler

Towards a ‘vulnerable co-presence’ for hybrid ways of working: Recasting the nexus of co-presence and vulnerability with Merleau-Ponty and Butler

Experiencing communality in collective activity: Four ways to generate sameness in differences

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