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Coworking Spaces: Empowerment for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital and Sharing Economy

Bouncken, R.; Ratzmann, M.; Barwinski, R.; Kraus, S.

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Authors

R. Bouncken

M. Ratzmann

R. Barwinski

S. Kraus



Abstract

Freelancers, entrepreneurs, new ventures, but also incumbent firms increasingly use coworking spaces (CWS). The alignment of work-space and social space can facilitate organizational empowerment supporting individual work satisfaction. Our mixed-methods study of 328 respondents from CWS in 26 cities in the USA, Germany, and China identifies configurations of institutional patterns on work satisfaction associated with a sense of community, autonomy, participation, linkage multiplicity and mutual knowledge creation. High work satisfaction can occur in three different configurations related to a) agility housing, b) knowledge housing, and c) social housing. Our findings contribute to how incumbent firms and CWS can influence work satisfaction and empower towards innovation and entrepreneurial performance.

Citation

Bouncken, R., Ratzmann, M., Barwinski, R., & Kraus, S. (2020). Coworking Spaces: Empowerment for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital and Sharing Economy. Journal of Business Research, 114, 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.03.033

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 27, 2020
Online Publication Date Apr 13, 2020
Publication Date Jun 30, 2020
Deposit Date Mar 27, 2020
Publicly Available Date Oct 13, 2021
Journal Journal of Business Research
Print ISSN 0148-2963
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 114
Pages 102-110
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.03.033
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1267265

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