Resources
A shared noticeboard and shelf for the community. Announcements and calls are posted as they come in; the reading list grows as members add to it.
Announcements
Related events, workshops, seminars and opportunities that members want the community to know about, whether or not we are involved in organising them. Newest first.
Nothing posted yet. The first announcements will appear here after the community's next call for items.
Calls and tracks
Conference sub-themes, professional development workshops, special issues and calls for papers relevant to the community, with their deadlines.
No open calls listed yet.
Readings
A starter shelf, organised by the provisional map of research conversations drawn up at the 7 September event. The map is a working device, not a taxonomy; the boundaries are exactly what the community is here to question.
Areas
Organisational space and spatial practice
Space as experienced, practised and socially produced, including how organisational power relations take material form.
- Taylor, S. and Spicer, A. (2007). Time for space: A narrative review of research on organizational spaces. International Journal of Management Reviews.
- Migliore, A., Rossi-Lamastra, C. and Tagliaro, C. (2025). Home vs office: Does workspace design influence where academics conduct their research? Research Policy.
- Furnari, S. (2014). Interstitial spaces: Microinteraction settings and the genesis of new practices between institutional fields. Academy of Management Review.
Proximity, microgeography and the built environment
Enclosures, barriers, layout and ambient surroundings that shape interaction and behaviour.
- Elsbach, K. D. and Pratt, M. G. (2007). The physical environment in organizations. Academy of Management Annals.
- Oyedeji, B. A., Ko, Y. H. and Lee, S. (2025). Physical work environments: An integrative review and agenda for future research. Journal of Management.
- Lee, S. and Sosa, M. E. (2025). Spaces for creativity: Unconventional workspaces and divergent thinking. Management Science.
- Roche, M. P., Oettl, A. and Catalini, C. (2024). Proximate (co-)working: Knowledge spillovers and social interactions. Management Science.
Place, meaning and identity
Spaces made meaningful through experience, attachment, narrative and collective interpretation.
- Gieryn, T. F. (2000). A space for place in sociology. Annual Review of Sociology.
- Cresswell, T. (2004). Place: A Short Introduction. Blackwell.
- Nash, L. (2020). Performing place: A rhythmanalysis of the City of London. Organization Studies.
- Aversa, P., Furnari, S. and Jenkins, M. (2022). The primordial soup: Exploring the emotional microfoundations of cluster genesis. Organization Science.
Cities, regions and neighbourhoods
Local communities, cities, regions and ecosystems that shape organisational practices, opportunities and outcomes.
- Marquis, C. and Battilana, J. (2009). Acting globally but thinking locally? The enduring influence of local communities on organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior.
- Brandtner, C. and Suárez, D. (2021). The structure of city action: Institutional embeddedness and sustainability practices in U.S. cities. American Review of Public Administration.
- Gagliardi, L. and Iammarino, S. (2018). Innovation in risky markets: Ownership and location advantages in the UK regions. Journal of Economic Geography.
- Hwang, J. and Yoon, H. (2026). Shifting and persisting neighborhood hierarchies: Immigrant influx and the gentrification of Black neighborhoods in the twenty-first century. Sociological Perspectives.
Infrastructure and meso-geography
Material and connective systems that enable, organise and constrain activity across places and scales.
- Dutta, S., Armanios, D. E. and Desai, J. D. (2021). Beyond spatial proximity: The impact of enhanced spatial connectedness from new bridges on entrepreneurship. Organization Science.
- Roche, M. P. (2020). Taking innovation to the streets: Microgeography, physical structure, and innovation. The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Distributed and virtual spaces
Organising across dispersed, hybrid and digitally mediated spaces, shaped by technologies and changing patterns of presence and mobility.
- Mazmanian, M., Orlikowski, W. J. and Yates, J. (2013). The autonomy paradox: The implications of mobile email devices for knowledge professionals. Organization Science.
- Leonardi, P. M. (2021). COVID-19 and the new technologies of organizing: Digital exhaust, digital footprints, and artificial intelligence in the wake of remote work. Journal of Management Studies.
Methods
Space syntax
Analysing the configuration of buildings and cities to show how spatial layout shapes movement, encounter and interaction.
- Hillier, B. and Hanson, J. (1984). The Social Logic of Space. Cambridge University Press.
- Hillier, B. (1996). Space is the Machine: A Configurational Theory of Architecture. Cambridge University Press.
- Sailer, K. and McCulloh, I. (2012). Social networks and spatial configuration: How office layouts drive social interaction. Social Networks.
Further methods to add
Mapping and GIS, ethnographies of place, spatial network analysis, and more, as members contribute.
Related networks
Existing conversations this community builds on and stays in touch with.
- EGOS Standing Working Group 07, Organizations and Place-Based Communities (2025 to 2028). Sub-themes at the annual EGOS Colloquium.
- AOM PDW series on Organisational Spaces. Professional development workshops at the Academy of Management annual meeting.
- RGCS, the Research Group on Collaborative Spaces, and its annual symposium.
- TWR Network, the Transdisciplinary Workplace Research network: scholars and practitioners across disciplines working on workplaces and wellbeing, with a biennial conference.