Corporate Coworking Spaces – Determinants of Work Satisfaction in Future Workspaces

Corporate coworking environments have gained traction in the latest debate. The aim of this study is to obtain a deeper understanding of the factors that determine work satisfaction in a corporate coworking environment and to illuminate determinants for collaborative and interactive work. Survey data were collected through five corporates using an internal corporate coworking space in Germany (n = 200). The study reveals new insights into the flexible working environment of corporate coworking spaces and identifies factors influencing work satisfaction, which is commonly linked with organizational outcomes. Determinants of work satisfaction are physical environmental factors, communication, concentration, collaboration and social interaction which indicates that informal meeting spaces for collaboration and communication as well as concentration spaces are highly valued. Corporate coworking spaces, therefore, unfold their potential through activity-based working (ABW) configurations and the various types of spaces associated with it. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that applies workplace factors on corporate coworking environments. Corporate coworking spaces offer an important complement to home offices and traditional office workplaces, especially in a post-COVID-19-pandemic era, as they allow for real physical encounters and collaboration.