Servaty Ricarda, Perger Gabriele, Harth Volker, Mache Stefanie
University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany.
Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine (ZfAM), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
Work. 2018;60(4):527-538. doi: 10.3233/WOR-182760.
The flexible working and business model of coworking spaces inherits the provision of workspace and further the construction of a network for entrepreneurs, creative and knowledge workers. Until now, research on coworking spaces is scarce in the field of health sciences.
This study investigated reasons and motives for working in coworking spaces and working conditions under health related aspects. Demands and resources while working in coworking spaces were analyzed according to a theoretical model for (Job-demands-resources model - JDR) perceived working conditions.
Twenty semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with coworkers (n = 14) and coworking operators (n = 6) in Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. Participants were asked to describe the reasons and motivations for working in coworking spaces and their perceived working conditions. Transcripts were analyzed according to content analysis.
The most mentioned reason for using coworking spaces were the community aspect (n = 15) followed by the alternative to home office (n = 12). Negative job demands seem to result from unfavorable ergonomic conditions, working disruptions, miscommunications and missing privacy. Time flexibility, social surrounding and increased productivity were interpreted as job resources.
These results can be seen as a basis for further quantitative research in order to generalize these findings, by testing hypotheses and develop workplace-related concepts for health management.
共享办公空间灵活的工作和商业模式继承了工作空间的提供，进而构建了一个面向创业者、创意工作者和知识工作者的网络。到目前为止，健康科学领域对共享办公空间的研究很少。
本研究调查了在共享办公空间工作的原因和动机以及与健康相关方面的工作条件。根据感知工作条件的理论模型（工作需求-资源模型-JDR）分析了在共享办公空间工作时的需求和资源。
在柏林、汉堡和慕尼黑对共享办公者（n = 14）和共享办公运营商（n = 6）进行了20次半结构化定性访谈。参与者被要求描述在共享办公空间工作的原因和动机以及他们感知到的工作条件。根据内容分析法对访谈记录进行分析。
使用共享办公空间最常提到的原因是社交方面（n = 15），其次是家庭办公的替代选择（n = 12）。负面工作需求似乎源于不利的人体工程学条件、工作干扰、沟通不畅和缺乏隐私。时间灵活性、社交环境和提高的生产力被视为工作资源。
这些结果可被视为进一步定量研究的基础，以便通过检验假设来概括这些发现，并为健康管理开发与工作场所相关的概念。
