Brinkman, Kjeld S. (2021) Motivations to (not) adapt spatiotemporal work patterns as innovative entrepreneur in times of the coronavirus pandemic. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
The societal shock created by the coronavirus pandemic from 2020 onwards caused a digitalisation leap in various sectors of the economy. People in the Netherlands were urgently advised by the government to work from home when possible. As a consequence, the working from home rate and the flexibility of the location and time of work increased. People’s spatiotemporal work pattern, the repeated or regular way in which people work, which can be expressed in location of work (spatial component) and work times (temporal component), were adapted. Though, it can be questioned if innovative entrepreneurs with a private workplace in a multi-company building were able to adapt their spatiotemporal work patterns. How did they deal with the governmental advice? This research aimed to gain insight in the motivations of innovative entrepreneurs to (not) adapt their spatiotemporal work patterns in times of a life changing event and the aftermath. The research question is: What are the motivations of innovative entrepreneurs based in a multi-company building to (not) adapt their spatiotemporal work patterns in times of the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath? By conducting a case study with eight semi-structured online interviews with innovative entrepreneurs based in a multi-company building on a business park in the Netherlands, motivations for their spatiotemporal adaptations were investigated. The recordings were thereafter transcribed and thematically analysed. Results show that these entrepreneurs perceive their private office as important for their professionalization and determine that their activities are mostly place dependent (theme 1). They describe the identity of the multi-company building as a relative save and quiet working environment in times of the pandemic (theme 2). The adaptive capacity and adaptive willingness of their nature of work is relatively high (theme 3); the adaptive capacity and adaptive willingness of the spatial component of their work pattern is relatively low (theme 4). A varying picture about the future of physical contact with clients and partners is presented (theme 5). It can be concluded that these innovative entrepreneurs were more willing or more able to adapt their nature of work than their spatiotemporal work pattern, because of their place attachment to the multi-company building. Therefore, their spatiotemporal work pattern mostly showed minor differences, while adaptations to their nature of work during the coronavirus pandemic were often drastic. A low adaptive capacity of the spatial component of the spatiotemporal work pattern might make these innovative entrepreneurs vulnerable to possible freedom of movement measures in the future.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Oosterhoff, A.T. |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jul 2021 11:50 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jul 2021 11:50 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3601 |
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