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Working Alone Together: Coworking as Emergent Collaborative Activity

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Spinuzzi, Clay·2012·Journal of Business and Technical Communication
DOI 10.1177/1050651912444070
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Mobile professionals can choose to work in offices, executive suites, home offices, or other spaces. But some have instead chosen to work at coworking spaces: open-plan office environments in which they work alongside other unaffiliated professionals for a fee of approximately $250 a month. But what service are they actually purchasing with that monthly fee? How do they describe that service? From an activity theory perspective, what are its object, outcome, and actors? This article reports on a 20-month study that answers such questions.

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Authors
Spinuzzi, C.
Affiliations
The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Corresponding author
Spinuzzi, Clay
ORCID
Spinuzzi, Clay
Venue
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2012-05-30
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
399-441
ISSN
  • 0892-5720 (ISSN-L)
  • 1050-6519
  • 1552-4574
DOI
10.1177/1050651912444070
OpenAlex
W2113431735
Cited by
764
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 36 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 99 · 2022: 81 · 2021: 112 · 2020: 86 · 2019: 72 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 41 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 17 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 1
FWCI
24.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Business and Technical Communication (publishedVersion)
  • Texas ScholarWorks (Texas Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Architecture › Facilities and Workplace Management
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Education and Learning Practices
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Keywords
coworking spaces, mobile professionals, activity theory, open-plan offices, service design

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