Remote work from coworking spaces developed as an alternative to remote work from home, aiming to retain its benefits while overcoming its costs. There are reasons to question whether work from coworking spaces delivers on these aims, however. The current study uses the Experience Sampling Method to explore within-participant differences in well-being, work engagement, and productivity among remote workers, depending on (1) whether they are working from home or from a community-based coworking space, and - when working from a coworking space - (2) whether they work in a shared space and (3) whether the work is collaborative. Results suggest that coworking promotes higher outcomes on all measures relative to working from home. Within the coworking space, the impact of other people in the room and of collaboration is mixed, suggesting distinct strategies for how to best use a coworking space depending on the activity.

This study applied Experience Sampling Method to the study of work in coworking spaces. It shows that work from a coworking space as an alternative to home-based work promotes greater well-being, productivity, and work engagement. The value of a coworking space seems to be in providing flexible access to diverse work environments and enabling live collaboration with other coworking space users.

Centre for Workplace Research Prague University of Economics and Business Prague Czech Republic

Department of Econometrics Prague University of Economics and Business Prague Czech Republic

Department of Entrepreneurship Prague University of Economics and Business Prague Czech Republic

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