A new working configuration: an interpretive analysis of the coworking literature

Authors

  • Breno Nakao Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração
  • Clarissa Carneiro Mussi Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v16i2.1038

Keywords:

Coworking, collaboration, innovation, work, entrepreneurship.

Abstract

This study sought to understand the theoretical scope of the concept of coworking. A systematic review of the literature and an interpretative analysis of the content of the identified articles were carried out. The conclusions of the research include: (a) coworking is a recent, not sufficiently explored concept; (b) it has been explored at different levels of analysis: as a component of creative cities or cultures, as belonging to collaborative consumption, as one among several shared workspaces and as working model divergent from traditional ones; (c) there are divergences of expectations and demands on the meaning and on the form of using coworking spaces; (d) the expected benefits of the phenomenon are not observed in all coworking spaces; (e) the collaborative construction of meanings and the formation of a community sense are important elements to the emergence of coworking benefits.

Author Biographies

Breno Nakao, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração

Mestrando em AdministraçãoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em AdministraçãoUniversidade do Sul de Santa Catarina

Clarissa Carneiro Mussi, Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração

Doutora em AdministraçãoProfessora da Univesidade do Sul de Santa CatarinaPrograma de Pós-graduação em AdministraçãoGraduação em Administração

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2018-07-25

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Nakao, B., & Mussi, C. C. (2018). A new working configuration: an interpretive analysis of the coworking literature. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 16(2), 53–89. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.v16i2.1038

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