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Mind Your Space! Desk Sharing Working Environments and Employee Commitment in Austria

European Journal of Business Science and Technology

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Title Mind Your Space! Desk Sharing Working Environments and Employee Commitment in Austria
 
Creator Worek, Maira
Venegas, Barbara Covarrubias
Thury, Sonja
 
Description This paper empirically examines the influence of desk sharing on the various forms of employee commitment. Previous literature has examined the influence of innovative workspace on employee satisfaction as well as the possible the benefits and disadvantages of desk sharing, but not the influence desk sharing may have on employee commitment. Our study examines the level of commitment in organisations that apply desk sharing compared to those with traditional office settings, finding that desk sharing does not necessarily have a negative influence on commitment. Indeed, desk sharing employees show higher level of affective commitment when applied moderately. However, a radical application of desk sharing leads to lower commitment; thus, when applying desk sharing it is important to consider the specific conditions, organizational needs as well as managerial example. The findings point to a number of implications relating to the application of desk sharing and other flexible office settings.
 
Publisher Mendel University in Brno
 
Date 2019-08-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.ejobsat.cz/index.php/ejobsat/article/view/159
10.11118/ejobsat.v5i1.159
 
Source European Journal of Business Science and Technology; Vol 5 No 1 (2019); pp. 83–97
2694-7161
2336-6494
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.ejobsat.cz/index.php/ejobsat/article/view/159/170
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2019 Maira Worek, Barbara Covarrubias Venegas, Sonja Thury
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0