Conflict, Resistance and the Symbolic Meaning of Space – Activity Based Work and Possibilities to Express Work-related Identities in Everyday Working Life

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Management Revue Pub Date : 2019-01-01 DOI:10.5771/0935-9915-2019-4-412

Calle Rosengren, Mikael Ottosson

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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 organizational life interact with social identity construction.

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冲突、抵抗与空间的象征意义——基于活动的工作与日常工作生活中表达工作身份的可能性

本文重点介绍了办公室设计的当前趋势:基于活动的工作(ABW)。这是一种办公室解决方案，它不是为员工提供指定的场所，而是为他们提供办公室内提供不同功能的各种空间。本文介绍了一个案例研究，介绍了一家软件行业的跨国技术公司在瑞典的一个本地站点正在进行的实现ABW的努力。通过对公司员工个人访谈和焦点小组访谈的分析，本文认为，在公司内部的某些群体中，非属地基础被视为对工作身份的威胁。研究结果包括对组织生活的物质方面如何与社会身份建构相互作用的具体见解。

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Management Revue MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： Management Revue - Socio-Economic Studies is an interdisciplinary European journal that undergoes peer review. It publishes qualitative and quantitative work, along with purely theoretical papers, contributing to the study of management, organization, and industrial relations. The journal welcomes contributions from various disciplines, including business and public administration, organizational behavior, economics, sociology, and psychology. Regular features include reviews of books relevant to management and organization studies. Special issues provide a unique perspective on specific research fields. Organized by selected guest editors, each special issue includes at least two overview articles from leaders in the field, along with at least three new empirical papers and up to ten book reviews related to the topic. The journal aims to offer in-depth insights into selected research topics, presenting potentially controversial perspectives, new theoretical insights, valuable empirical analysis, and brief reviews of key publications. Its objective is to establish Management Revue - Socio-Economic Studies as a top-quality symposium journal for the international academic community.