Purpose

During the past decade, the coworking concept has expanded and evolved along with the industry associated with it, so that references to coworking often refer to notions quite distinct from the original conception. The purpose of this paper is to establish a classification of contemporary coworking environments and clarify the scholarly, as well as the industry usage of a coworking model.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper reviews popular and scientific literature and the authors’ field experience in the industry to derive three defining features of coworking and distinct categories that help clarify the concept and can be used to identify and evaluate coworking spaces.

Findings

The main finding behind the following paper is the taxonomy of contemporary coworking spaces that takes into account the broad spectrum of shared workspaces that commonly receive the coworking label, specifies the features required to warrant that label and provides a framework for understanding the defining factors of a coworking model. The taxonomy showcases four unalike types of coworking spaces and the three types of non-coworking shared offices that are repeatedly and somewhat mistakenly labeled as coworking environments.

Originality/value

Understanding the core differentiation between unalike models would enable scholars to guide and structure the study to evolve in coworking research. The taxonomy can be seen as a base for further research in the field of coworking that helps ensure scholars are sufficiently specific and distinctive in the shared subject of their research, suggests a roadmap for future coworking research and provides a tool to evaluate real-world examples of work environments concerning the degree they fit the coworking concept.

中文翻译：

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分类变化。当代联合办公空间的分类

目的

在过去的十年中，联合办公的概念随着与之相关的行业而扩展和发展，因此对联合办公的提及通常指的是与原始概念截然不同的概念。本文的目的是建立当代联合办公环境的分类，并阐明联合办公模式的学术和行业用法。

设计/方法/方法

该论文回顾了流行和科学文献以及作者在该行业的实地经验，以推导出联合办公的三个定义特征和不同的类别，这些特征有助于阐明概念并可用于识别和评估联合办公空间。

发现

以下论文背后的主要发现是当代联合办公空间的分类法，该分类法考虑了通常接受联合办公标签的共享工作空间的广泛范围，指定了保证该标签所需的特征，并提供了一个框架来理解共享办公空间的定义因素。合作模式。该分类法展示了四种不同类型的联合办公空间和三种类型的非联合办公共享办公室，它们被反复且有些错误地标记为联合办公环境。

原创性/价值

了解不同模型之间的核心区别将使学者能够指导和构建研究以在联合研究中发展。该分类法可被视为联合办公领域进一步研究的基础，有助于确保学者在其研究的共同主题中具有足够的具体性和独特性，为未来的联合办公研究提出路线图，并提供评估现实世界示例的工具工作环境符合联合办公概念的程度。