| Pub. Date | : October, 2023 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Organizational Behavior |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJOB100323 |
| Author Name | : Antriksha Negi, Ravinder Pant and Nawal Kishor |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 24 |
During the Covid-19 pandemic, employees had to cope with a practically changed working scenario, especially work-from-home. Two major challenges faced by the companies were: to ensure the availability of important tools and gadgets to their staff for performing their jobs from home; and to ensure that the employees are engaged in their jobs effectively. The study sample comprised 276 employees of various service sector organizations operational in Delhi NCR. Using a descriptive and cross-sectional research design, multiple regression analysis and correlations, the study found that employee engagement is highly driven by workplace fun and perception of fit shown by the employees, which lead to organizational productivity and efficiency.
Globally, the labor market was highly disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people losing their jobs and others having to adjust to the new emerging mode of performing their job from home as offices were shut down to follow the World Health Organization (WHO) Covid-19 guidelines. During the pandemic, employees had to cope with a practically changed working scenario, especially work from home. Companies were rapidly pushed by the pandemic to adopt new work norms (Lund et al., 2021). In order to ensure business continuity, organizations were forced to embrace remote working, i.e., Work From Home (WFH) (Aitken-Fox et al., 2020). MNCs like Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Deloitte, etc. announced in 2020 that they would shut their offices and shift their entire staff to the WFH framework (MoneycontrolNews, 2020) or allow their employees to work remotely up to half of their weekly working hours (Reuters, 2020). With the remote working environment, the companies faced major challenges related to various aspects such as ensuring the availability of important tools and gadgets to their staff for performing their jobs from home, and ensuring that the employees are engaged in their jobs effectively (Aitken-Fox et al., 2020).