Purpose

The paper aims to analyse a specific configuration of coworking space that emphasises the production of social value in the territory (resilient/welfare-oriented coworking). This kind of space represents the current evolution of coworking that recovers the original meaning of coworking space to promote social changes, questions the role of the physical space and brings to the fore its connections between the internal (space) and the external (territory).

Design/methodology/approach

The paper presents an action research on a rising network of coworking spaces. The action research was based on qualitative interviews of the founders and main stakeholders of the network and monthly meetings discussions with the steering committee of the coworking spaces.

Findings

The paper provides some key elements that highlight different meanings related to the value produced by the coworking spaces and related interpretations of the material and immaterial characteristics of the spaces. The results also highlight different managerial challenges connected with these interpretations.

Originality/value

The main results of the study shed light on the fact that it is not enough to focus on material aspects of the coworking space, such as the design and the dispositions of furniture and the curatorship of the relationships among coworkers, if the desired outcome is a reinterpretation of work against the consolidated individualistic paradigm. Rather, the boundary work is the condition that permits to sustain and maintain the evolutionary trajectory of coworking in the most innovative direction. Inside a network of different stakeholders, aimed at integrating individual and collective needs, the constant crossing of boundaries between people, relationships and contexts is the process that permits to generate new meanings and possibilities of action (affordance), holding a transformative potential.

中文翻译：

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在福利工作和管理挑战之间进行实践的共同工作空间

目的

本文旨在分析一种强调办公空间特定配置的协同工作空间（弹性/福利导向的协同工作）。这种空间代表了协作的当前演变，它恢复了协作空间的原始含义，以促进社会变革，质疑物理空间的作用，并将其在内部（空间）与外部（领土）之间的联系突显出来。

设计/方法/方法

本文提出了一个对正在兴起的共享办公空间网络的行动研究。行动研究是基于对网络的创始人和主要利益相关者的定性访谈，以及每月与联合办公空间指导委员会进行的会议讨论。

发现

本文提供了一些关键元素，这些元素突出了与共同工作空间所产生的价值相关的不同含义，以及对空间实质和非物质特征的相关解释。结果还强调了与这些解释相关的不同管理挑战。

创意/价值

这项研究的主要结果表明，如果期望的结果是能够达成共识，仅仅关注合作空间的物质方面是不够的，例如家具的设计和配置以及协调同事之间的关系。按照统一的个人主义范式重新诠释作品。相反，边界工作是允许在最创新的方向上维持和维持协同工作的进化轨迹的条件。在旨在整合个人和集体需求的不同利益相关者网络内部，人，关系和上下文之间的边界不断跨越是一个过程，可以产生新的意义和行动的可能性（负担），具有变革性的潜力。