Once considered an urban phenomenon, rural enterprise hubs (REH) and rural coworking spaces (RCWS) are now increasing in popularity to support entrepreneurial rural communities. Whilst previous research has examined economic and community benefits, a focus on well-being benefits has been overlooked. Framed by self-determination theory, this empirical research investigates whether rural coworking is reported to enhance user’s well-being by fulfilling key psychological needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness. By applying a well-being focus, we found that potential key drivers of rural coworking uptake and durability could be elucidated, in terms of these three needs. In addition, we identified another category of well-being that was fulfilled through engagement with RCWS and REH – namely – ‘communion with nature’. We suggest that considerations of well-being are important to understand how rural coworking can attract and sustain local workers and suggest a future research agenda to further conceptualise well-being effects.

曾经被认为是一种城市现象，农村企业中心 (REH) 和农村联合办公空间 (RCWS) 现在越来越受欢迎，以支持具有创业精神的农村社区。虽然以前的研究已经检查了经济和社区利益，但忽视了对福利的关注。本实证研究以自我决定理论为框架，调查农村联合办公是否被报道通过满足自主、能力和相关性的关键心理需求来提高用户的幸福感。通过关注福祉，我们发现，就这三个需求而言，农村联合办公的普及和持久性的潜在关键驱动因素可以得到阐明。此外，我们还确定了通过与 RCWS 和 REH 合作实现的另一类幸福——即“与自然交流”。