What is Flexi-Space Working

The COVID-19 pandemic changed existing and future work settings by putting flexible working options on the business agenda. The transition to flexible working has been a painful process for some organizations while integrating it into daily work practices has been relatively straightforward for others. This chapter will display data from a project carried out in Turkey during the lockdown period. The qualitative phase highlights the crucial role of human resources management in sustaining the employees and organizations under the conditions of pandemics. In this regard, the chapter will elaborate how human resources management functions adapted for a smooth transition to flexi-time-space models based on the experiences of 27 local and global organizations in Turkey. Digitalization and transformation of human resources functions, employee engagement and internal communication, performance management and employee-manager interrelations emerged as the master themes to scrutinize the ground-breaking shift to the alternative ways of working triggered by COVID-19.