A new taxonomy to categorize flexible work arrangements for post-covid organizational work planning

Abstract

Flexible work arrangements (FWA) widely proliferated around the world during the covid pandemic lockdown. A new multi-dimensional taxonomy was proposed in this paper to classify different forms of FWA according to the degree of autonomy that a policy offers to employees with respect to their spatial mobility, temporal flexibility, and the degree of freedom from supervision. This taxonomy reflects the defining features of contemporary flexible working. It enables researchers and business decision-makers to categorize different forms of FWA, meaningfully compare their impacts on organizational and individual performance metrics, and support an evidence-based approach to inform the establishment of post-pandemic FWA policies.