Sharing economy value perception and employees’ workplace satisfaction in co-working spaces

Abstract

The sharing economy paradigm inspires changes in various work-related domains by imposing the values of social cohesion, collaborative lifestyle and sustainability. The embodiment of this value system is seen in the evolving trend of co-working space. In order to investigate the relation between the perception of the presence of these specific values in office spatial features and the capacity of the workspace to satisfy the psychosocial needs of occupants, we conducted research on 81 employees working in different office types. It was found that employees recognize availability, collaboration, ability to create networks and openness, as more represented values and satisfaction with personalisation and territoriality more linked with them Results also show that there is a correlation between perceived values and workspace satisfaction with the focus on the needs for status congruency that becomes more emphasized in traditional shared offices along with the identification needs, which becomes the challenge for modern co-working offices.