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Coworking spaces have received a lot of attention from both practitioners and social science scholars in recent years. They host self-employed professionals, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and employees of large enterprises in the same office environment with shared facilities. Recently coworking spaces have become the primary location for many entrepreneurs as they offer a resourceful environment. However, how coworking spaces enable their participants to access various resources is an open question. In this chapter, we study two prominent and distinctly different coworking spaces in Istanbul. In analyzing our empirical data, we employ the forms of capital framework of Bourdieu (The forms of capital. In J. G. Richardson (Ed.), Handbook of theory and research for the sociology of education (pp. 241–258). Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986) to understand the underlying mechanisms of resource acquisition enabled by coworking spaces. Based on our results, we develop a theoretical framework explaining what mechanisms cultivate tangible and intangible resources for the participants of coworking spaces. We outline our contributions and potential lines for further research. |
