Self-employment and the use of coworking spaces
Název práce: | Self-employment and the use of coworking spaces |
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Autor(ka) práce: | Akchebash, Karyna |
Typ práce: | Diploma thesis |
Vedoucí práce: | Orel, Marko |
Oponenti práce: | Andera, Michal |
Jazyk práce: | English |
Abstrakt: | The industry of coworking spaces is becoming progressively popular all over the world. It generates a high demand and expeditious emergency of new coworking spaces globally. More and more self-employed individuals choose coworking spaces instead of traditional offices. Hence, this thesis aims to explore what motives them to choose this type of working space by investigating what advantages and disadvantages do coworking spaces have in comparison to regular offices. The study is based on an in-depth literature review and qualitative research conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews with 12 self-employed individuals who are the users of coworking spaces. The findings demonstrate that coworking spaces represent an attractive alternative for self-employed individuals who seek to save money, time, and energy on organizing their working spaces. Furthermore, the ambience of coworking spaces helps to enhance productivity and open up networking opportunities. Still, the privacy in coworking spaces is highly limited which remains an issue for self-employed individuals. |
Klíčová slova: | Coworking; Coworking spaces; Networking ; Self-employment |
Název práce: | Self-employment and the use of coworking spaces |
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Autor(ka) práce: | Akchebash, Karyna |
Typ práce: | Diplomová práce |
Vedoucí práce: | Orel, Marko |
Oponenti práce: | Andera, Michal |
Jazyk práce: | English |
Abstrakt: | The industry of coworking spaces is becoming progressively popular all over the world. It generates a high demand and expeditious emergency of new coworking spaces globally. More and more self-employed individuals choose coworking spaces instead of traditional offices. Hence, this thesis aims to explore what motives them to choose this type of working space by investigating what advantages and disadvantages do coworking spaces have in comparison to regular offices. The study is based on an in-depth literature review and qualitative research conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews with 12 self-employed individuals who are the users of coworking spaces. The findings demonstrate that coworking spaces represent an attractive alternative for self-employed individuals who seek to save money, time, and energy on organizing their working spaces. Furthermore, the ambience of coworking spaces helps to enhance productivity and open up networking opportunities. Still, the privacy in coworking spaces is highly limited which remains an issue for self-employed individuals. |
Klíčová slova: | Coworking; Networking ; Self-employment ; Coworking spaces |
Informace o studiu
Studijní program / obor: | Ekonomika a management/Management |
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Typ studijního programu: | Magisterský studijní program |
Přidělovaná hodnost: | Ing. |
Instituce přidělující hodnost: | Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze |
Fakulta: | Fakulta podnikohospodářská |
Katedra: | Katedra podnikání |
Informace o odevzdání a obhajobě
Datum zadání práce: | 29. 12. 2019 |
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Datum podání práce: | 11. 5. 2020 |
Datum obhajoby: | 18. 6. 2020 |
Identifikátor v systému InSIS: | https://insis.vse.cz/zp/72051/podrobnosti |