Lashani Eileen, Zacher Hannes
Department of Work and Organizational Psychology, Institute of Psychology - Wilhelm Wundt, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.
Front Psychol. 2021 Feb 9;12:620794. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.620794. eCollection 2021.
As working arrangements become more flexible and many people work remotely, the risk of social isolation rises. Coworking spaces try to prevent this by offering not only a workplace, but also a community. Adopting a person-environment fit perspective, we examined how the congruence between workers' needs and supplies by coworking spaces relate to job satisfaction and intent to leave. We identified five needs (i.e., community, collaboration, amenities, location, and cost), of which community was expected to be the central need. An online questionnaire was distributed among coworkers in Germany and Austria, resulting in a sample of 181 coworkers. Results showed that needs-supplies fit regarding community was related to job satisfaction and intent to leave in coworking spaces. Findings for the other needs, however, did not show that congruence is associated with outcomes. Overall, the findings highlight the importance of community fit in coworking and offer insights for workers and entrepreneurs in this area.
随着工作安排变得更加灵活，许多人远程工作，社会隔离的风险增加。共享办公空间不仅提供工作场所，还提供社区环境，试图以此来预防这种情况。我们采用人与环境匹配的视角，研究了共享办公空间所提供的资源与员工需求之间的匹配度如何与工作满意度和离职意愿相关联。我们确定了五种需求（即社区、协作、便利设施、位置和成本），其中社区需求预计是核心需求。我们在德国和奥地利的共享办公者中进行了在线问卷调查，最终获得了181名共享办公者的样本。结果表明，社区方面的需求与资源匹配度与共享办公空间中的工作满意度和离职意愿相关。然而，其他需求的调查结果并未显示匹配度与结果之间存在关联。总体而言，这些发现凸显了社区匹配在共享办公中的重要性，并为该领域的员工和创业者提供了见解。
