Journal of Business and Technical Communication Oct 2012 Open Access

Working Alone Together: Coworking as Emergent Collaborative Activity

Clay Spinuzzi The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

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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Journal of Business and Technical Communication
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2012-10-01
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10.1177/1050651912444070
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