Conflict, resistance and the symbolic meaning of space : Activity Based Work and possibilities to express work-related identities in everyday working life
(2019) In Management Revue 30(4). p.412-431- Abstract
- The article focuses on a current trend in office design: Activity Based Work (ABW). This is an office solution that instead of providing employees with designated places, it provides them with a variety of spaces in the office that offer different functionalities. A case study is presented of the ongoing effort of a multinational technology company in the software industry to implement ABW at a local site in Sweden. Based on an analysis of the individual and focus group interviews of company employees, the article argues that the non-territorial foundation of ABW is seen as a threat to the work-related identity among certain groups within the company. The findings presented comprise specific insights into how the material aspects of... (More)
- The article focuses on a current trend in office design: Activity Based Work (ABW). This is an office solution that instead of providing employees with designated places, it provides them with a variety of spaces in the office that offer different functionalities. A case study is presented of the ongoing effort of a multinational technology company in the software industry to implement ABW at a local site in Sweden. Based on an analysis of the individual and focus group interviews of company employees, the article argues that the non-territorial foundation of ABW is seen as a threat to the work-related identity among certain groups within the company. The findings presented comprise specific insights into how the material aspects of organizational life interact with social identity construction. (Less)
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- Rosengren, Calle LU and Ottosson, Mikael LU
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- publishing date
- 2019
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Activity Based Work, Identity threat, work-related identity, office design, everyday working life, Activity-Based Work, work-related identity, office design
- in
- Management Revue
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 20 pages
- publisher
- Rainer Hampp Verlag
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- scopus:85083426932
- ISSN
- 0935-9915
- DOI
- 10.5771/0935-9915-2019-4-412
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- English
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- yes
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- fcb69b1c-5808-4caf-bea8-3725434f47ff
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