Coworking spaces (CWS) are open creative labs that provide a community-like environment and the necessary surroundings for their users to build and maintain networks with different actors inside and outside the CWS. With a wide variety of knowledge and skills available in trusted surroundings as well as similar value orientations, coworkers enjoy favorable conditions to establish their network-style. However, research has not investigated the benefit of coworkers’ social networks as far as their individual creativity is concerned so far. This paper takes several network characteristics into account: structure in terms of network size and centrality in the CWS, but also trusted and reciprocal relationships, supportiveness, diversity of knowledge exchanged, and the individual openness to core coworking values. Based on the literature on social networks and small group research, we developed a research model. We tested it to get deeper insights into the phenomenon by relying on 113 coworkers in 33 private German coworking spaces. The results show that a central position in the CWS allowing for direct exchange and high individual openness to core coworking values positively affects social involvement and the diversity of knowledge exchanged, and finally, a coworker’s individual creativity. Managerial implications include the vital role of a central position in the CWS for creativity and a somewhat balanced composition of coworkers working alone or in a team.

协同工作空间（CWS）是开放的创意实验室，可为用户提供类似于社区的环境和必要的环境，以便用户在CWS内部和外部与不同参与者建立和维护网络。在可信赖的环境中拥有广泛的知识和技能，以及类似的价值取向，同事们享有建立其网络风格的有利条件。但是，到目前为止，就个人创造力而言，研究尚未调查同事社交网络的益处。本文考虑了几个网络特征：网络结构在CWS中的规模和中心性，还包括相互信任的关系和相互关系，支持性，知识交流的多样性以及对核心协作价值的个体开放性。基于有关社交网络和小组研究的文献，我们开发了一种研究模型。我们对它进行了测试，以依靠33个德国私人办公空间中的113名同事来对该现象进行更深入的了解。结果表明，在CWS中的中心位置允许直接交换和高度开放的个人对核心合作价值的积极影响，将对社会参与和所交换知识的多样性产生积极影响，并最终影响到同事的个人创造力。管理上的意义包括在CWS中发挥创造力的中心地位的关键作用，以及独自或团队工作的同事组成之间的平衡。结果表明，在CWS中的中心位置允许直接交换和高度开放的个人对核心合作价值的积极影响，将对社会参与和所交换知识的多样性产生积极影响，并最终影响到同事的个人创造力。管理上的意义包括在CWS中发挥创造力的中心地位的关键作用，以及独自或团队工作的同事组成之间的平衡。结果表明，在CWS中的中心位置允许直接交换和高度开放的个人对核心合作价值的积极影响，将对社会参与和所交换知识的多样性产生积极影响，并最终影响到同事的个人创造力。管理上的意义包括在CWS中发挥创造力的中心地位的关键作用，以及独自或团队工作的同事组成之间的平衡。