Can I prevent Mac OS from switching spaces to already-open apps?

I want to move to a space, and regardless of whether an app is open in another space, open a new window in the current space.  My context is that I'm setting up Automator workflows to open apps for each of my common tasks, and I want a space per workflow, but several workflows use some of the same apps. I'm using 10.9.4.

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