Hybrid copresence: issues of re-spatialization of remote work in coworking spaces

Camille Pfeffer ()
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Camille Pfeffer: UR CONFLUENCE : Sciences et Humanités (EA 1598) - UCLy - UCLy (Lyon Catholic University), ESDES - ESDES, Lyon Business School - UCLy - UCLy - UCLy (Lyon Catholic University), MAGELLAN - Laboratoire de Recherche Magellan - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Lyon, CRDMS - Centre de recherche en Droit et Management des services de santé - UJML - Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 - Université de Lyon

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Abstract: The re-spatialization of work in coworking spaces alters the social experience of teleworkers by involving two copresences associated with distinct organizational and spatio-temporal contexts: a remote copresence with the company, and a physical copresence in the coworking space. Each can be experienced to different degrees between social isolation and perceived proximity. Nevertheless, the current literature does not provide an opportunity to make sense of the combination of copresences. From this perspective, data collected during an organizational ethnography conducted within two networks of coworking spaces was analyzed. The results show that the re-spatialization of work in coworking spaces generates a hybrid copresence that can be experienced in four ways: (reinforced) isolation, ubiquity, (guilty) compensation, and (frustrated) refocusing. The characteristics of these distinct situations and the possible evolutions from one to the other is explored and explained. The results are discussed in relation to the evolution of work in a post-covid era that seems to encourage the development of more hybrid practices and spatialities. Contributions to three fields of organizational literature are made: organizational space, telecommuting and distantiated forms of work, and coworking spaces. Managerial implications are also discussed around reflections on a more hybrid and multi-spatialized organization of work practices in organizations.

Keywords: re-spatialization; hybridization; telework; coworking spaces; copresence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Published in M@n@gement, 2024, 27 (4), pp.58-80. ⟨10.37725/mgmt.2024.8054⟩

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DOI: 10.37725/mgmt.2024.8054

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