Identifying and explaining the dimensions affecting smart remote work: Flexible work model during the crisis of the Covid-19 disease and beyond

One of the new models of doing work and activities in today's age is the use of smart remote work, which is known as a new way of doing work. Smart working is a method of achieving a more agile organization and coping with the increasing changes of the market and different crises. One of the main instances of such crises is the current COVID-19 pandemic which has shifted the work of millions of people around the world to homes for social distancing. This pandemic has seriously affected the labor force and the economy of the countries. In such a condition, it cannot be certainly predicted when the economy will flourish again. Flexible working models constitute the majority of the strategies adopted against the faced challenges including COVID-19. In the current study, the effective aspects of intelligent remote working, as a flexible working model, were identified and explained. This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey type. The statistical population was all faculty and staffs of Payam Noor University, and the sample size was calculated as 385 people based on Cochran's formula. Data collection was done with a questionnaire. Hypotheses were evaluated through confirmatory factor analysis and Structural Equation Modeling and exploratory factor analysis.  SPSS 22 and Lisrel 8.8 softwares were used to analyze the model. According to the obtained data, smart remote working consisted of eight dimensions including productivity, technology, individual, communication and cooperation, organization, social, management, and family and life. Providing effective smart work solutions, increasing the flexibility of organizations, raising skills and discovering new ways and having an interdisciplinary perspective can play a significant role in helping all organizations to overcome this crisis.