Table 8.

Open and Axial Codes for the Qualitative Data.

Axial code	Open code	Some quotes
Digital platforms	Digital collaboration tools	“Forced use of digital collaboration tools (Hangouts, Teams) will open up for this to become a more widespread collaboration form” [Male, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Video meetings	“I think we will have more meetings with less physical participants. More meetings with external actors via Teams, Skype or similar” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
	File-sharing platforms	“We´ll share much more documents on sharing platforms, and we´ll work together on documents in the future” [Male, Manager, Private sector]
	Webinars	“More use of webinars to facilitate events with more participants” [Male, Manager, Public sector]
	Online teaching	“The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the use of digital tools for teaching and meetings in higher education” [Male, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Adoption	“I think we will adopt new technology and solutions faster. Now it has been proven that it went well when we were forced to do it” [Male, Manager, Private sector]
Work from home (WFH)	Facilitation	“My employer has now provided all with the necessary tools for home-office” [Male, Manager, Public sector]
	Effectivity	“I´m more effective when working from home, but of course without the kids running around my legs” [Female, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Productivity	“It is clear to me that my productivity doesn´t decrease when I work from home” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Work satisfaction	“Home-office is great! I want more of this in the future” [Male, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Frequency	“I think partly home-office will be more accepted, with emphasis on partly” [Male, Non-manager, Private sector]
Flexibility	Working hours	“Flextime contributes to increased creativity and loyalty” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Work-family balance	“More flexibility makes it easier for me to take care of the kids” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Hybrid work	“This will open up a more balanced way of working between my regular office and home” [Female, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Performance	“Work without deadlines is more difficult, especially if you work alone” [Female, Non-manager, Private sector]
Mobility	Commuting	“Especially for those who need to commute, it will be opened up for more home-office” [Female, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Business travels	“I´ll spend less time on traveling for meetings” [Male, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Cost reductions	“There will probably be tighter travel budgets in the future” [Male, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Greenhouse gas emissions	“Our new ways of working will reduce greenhouse gas emissions” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
Supervision	Support	“We need better support from managers and more internal training” [Male, Non-manager, Private sector]
	Evaluation	“There´s a lack of routines for evaluation” [Female, Non-manager, Public sector]
	Project management	“I hope our managers will introduce more distributed teams” [Male, Non-manager, Private sector]