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Communities in Coworking Spaces: Boundary Work and Social Identity Work by Community Managers

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  • Nam Kyoon (Nathan) Kim
  • Dominic S.K. Lim
  • Lucas Monzani

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The use of coworking spaces – flexible, shared workplaces for mobile knowledge workers – has gained popularity among entrepreneurs, small‐business owners, and freelancers over the last decade. Coworking spaces shape a social setting for a community, within which mobile knowledge workers can network, collaborate, and share ideas. This study adopts a social‐symbolic work perspective to explore how founders and community managers create and curate the communities in their coworking spaces. Based on qualitative data gathered from 16 coworking spaces, we elaborate on how founders and community managers can integrate boundary work and social identity work in their social‐symbolic work practices to create a sense of community.

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  • Nam Kyoon (Nathan) Kim & Dominic S.K. Lim & Lucas Monzani, 2025. "Communities in Coworking Spaces: Boundary Work and Social Identity Work by Community Managers," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 62(8), pages 3461-3500, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:62:y:2025:i:8:p:3461-3500
    DOI: 10.1111/joms.13154
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