scholarly journals THE TREND OF WORK FROM HOME AND ITS ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A COMPARATIVE STUDY

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
JIŘÍ KUČERA ◽  
TOMÁŠ KRULICKÝ ◽  
PETRA NAVRÁTILOVÁ
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Company ◽  
Positive Effect

This paper focuses on working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. It focuses mainly on the advantages and disadvantages of this way of working, as well as its impact on the psyche and performance of employees and, last but not least, its impact on a company's finances. It uses the synthesis of data found on the internet, from selected reliable sources dealing with the same or similar issues. From these sources it is evident that the effects of working from home are rather negative. The most frequently mentioned advantage is the saving of time, caused mainly by the absence of commuting to the office. The most frequently mentioned disadvantage is the absence of personal contact with co-workers. The disadvantage that a company could feel the most is the extension of the length of communication between employees, and thus the extension of work processes. At first glance, it might seem that a company will save money using this form of work, but the reality is that the company's costs may even increase. This is due to the fact that most companies have chosen to work from home only partly, so the costs of running the offices remain the same or slightly reduced at best, and legislation states that the company must reimburse workers for costs incurred by this form of work. It follows from this contribution that, if possible, workers and employers should avoid the practice of working from home, even though it has a positive effect on the pandemic. The potential for further research could be to compare the results of this work with the same research conducted outside of the pandemic.

scholarly journals Six Key Advantages and Disadvantages of Working from Home in Europe during COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1826
Author(s):  
Christine Ipsen ◽  
Marc van Veldhoven ◽  
Kathrin Kirchner ◽  
John Paulin Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Work ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Differential Impact ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
And Performance

The number of people working from home (WFH) increased radically during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this study was therefore to investigate people’s experiences of WFH during the pandemic and to identify the main factors of advantages and disadvantages of WFH. Data from 29 European countries on the experiences of knowledge workers (N = 5748) WFH during the early stages of lockdown (11 March to 8 May 2020) were collected. A factor analysis showed the overall distribution of people’s experiences and how the advantages and disadvantages of WFH during the early weeks of the pandemic can be grouped into six key factors. The results indicated that most people had a more positive rather than negative experience of WFH during lockdown. Three factors represent the main advantages of WFH: (i) work–life balance, (ii) improved work efficiency and (iii) greater work control. The main disadvantages were (iv) home office constraints, (v) work uncertainties and (vi) inadequate tools. Comparing gender, number of children at home, age and managers versus employees in relation to these factors provided insights into the differential impact of WFH on people’s lives. The factors help organisations understand where action is most needed to safeguard both performance and well-being. As the data were collected amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, we recommend further studies to validate the six factors and investigate their importance for well-being and performance in knowledge work.

scholarly journals Home Office and Its Influence on Employee Motivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-3
Author(s):  
Kateřina Bočková ◽  
Daniel Lajčin
Keyword(s):  
Work Performance ◽  
Current Practice ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Home Office ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Leadership Management ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Traditional Work ◽  
Positive Motivation

There are several variants and various modifications of forms of work outside the office. Some companies use, enable or even prefer working from home in the form of a home office. In practice, we often encounter different views on this form of work, both in terms of positive benefits and negatives and risks. In practice, there is probably no uniform view of this issue, both on the part of employers and management and employees. Working from home in the form of a home office shows certain specifics and places specific and different demands on both employees and employers compared to "traditional" work in the office or in another place designated by the employer to perform work. The problem may be not only the decision itself whether to allow and whether to use work from home for employees, but also the decision on which job positions and with what job description are suitable for the mentioned form of work performance. The place of work most likely has a significant effect on the motivation of employees and management. The question is whether and under what conditions positive motivation prevails, or negative motivation, i.e. demotivation. In the presented work, we focus on the advantages and disadvantages, i.e. the risks of the mentioned type of work, especially in the area of employee motivation. In this paper we summarize the development and current theoretical information on this issue and then compare it with current practice. In the following practical part, we will examine the perception of differences in employees, between working in the office and home office, focusing on the mentioned area of motivation. Keywords: Demotivation, Home Office, Leadership, Management, Motivation.

scholarly journals PERBANDINGAN KINERJA IP SEC DAN SSL

Telematika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dessyanto Boedi P
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Data Communications ◽  
Secure Socket Layer ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Secure Data ◽  
And Performance

Ipsec (IP Security) and SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is the most widely used techniques to secure data communications over the Internet. Both of these techniques has advantages and disadvantages of each. The purpose of this study is to present an analysis of the two techniques above in terms of security and performance.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Traditional vs. Work from Home Among the Employees Working from Home During COVID-19 Crisis in Raigad and Udham Singh Nagar

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 128-133
Author(s):  
Yogita M. Patil ◽  
Namit Bhatnagar
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Global Village ◽  
Rate Of Spread ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
The World ◽  
Limited Scope

This study is related to the outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic in India, how the widespread of this virus has forced individuals to be locked in our homes which has drastically affected the growth of our economy. Not only India, the world is facing the COVID 19 catastrophe which has shut down all the professionals and business enterprises. Since the COVID 19 is a very contagious virus and it is incurable till date and curable with limited scope, hence WHO published the advisory stating that till the pandemic is dealt with every individual must maintain social distance in order to slow down the rate of spread of COVID 19. In this world of technological advancement and better traveling equipment, the world is nothing but a global village and since, if one part of the economy is getting affected, it has a large scale impact on all over the world. However, “Janta Curfew” has been implemented, it has become more challenging for the employees to visit workplaces. The study will detail about analysing the aspect of work from home facilities during the lockdown period. (The data is based on during the first lockdown period from March to June)

scholarly journals PENGARUH KEPEMIMPINAN DAN PEMBERDAYAAN TERHADAP MOTIVASI DAN KINERJA PEGAWAI

2017 ◽  
pp. 3291
Author(s):  
I Putu Magna Anuraga ◽  
Desak Ketut Sintaasih ◽  
I Gede Riana
Keyword(s):  
Work Motivation ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Significant Positive Effect ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Company ◽  
Positive Effect

Performance is the result of work produced by employees in accordance with its role in the organization. Employee performance is one very important thing in a company to achieve the goal that every effort should be made to the company of increasing. This study aimed to analyze the influence of leadership and empowerment of employees on work motivation and performance of employees. This research was conducted at the Department of Education Youth and Sports Regency Tabanan using sample that 59 employees. Data were collected by conducting interviews and questionnaires. Subsequently collected data were analyzed using descriptive analysis and Partial Least Square. The results of this study concluded that the leadership is significant positive effect on work motivation. Empowerment is significant positive effect on employee performance and motivation. Work motivation is significant positive effect on employee performance. Furthermore, Leadership is not significant positive effect on employee performance.

STUDI EKSPLORASI DAMPAK WORK FROM HOME TERHADAP KINERJA KARYAWAN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 PADA BUMN DI WILAYAH DENPASAR

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Putu Pradiva Putra Salain ◽  
Made Santana Putra Adiyadnya ◽  
Putu Agus Eka Rismawan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Employee Motivation ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home

The purpose of this study was to identify and obtain information regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the concept of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses an exploratory case study method and its research approach uses a qualitative method used to obtain information on the strengths and weaknesses of the concept of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this study the number of respondents used was 10 employees of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) in the Denpasar area. For purposes of confidentiality, respondents are given the initials K1 through K10 with semi-structured interview techniques and a list of questions compiled and developed based on the related literature. The results of this study are the concept of work from home provides advantages and disadvantages for employees. The advantage referred to is that employees can save on transportation costs so that this is used to divert transportation expenses to meet household needs and to prevent the spread of Covid-19. While the lack of work from home in this case both in terms of internet costs, home atmosphere distruction and decreased levels of employee motivation in completing work.

scholarly journals Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Performance through working from Home during the Pandemic Lockdown

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (15) ◽  
pp. 461-467
Author(s):  
Rugayah Hashim ◽  
Alfina Bakar ◽  
Ismayaza Noh ◽  
Hanim Azura Mahyudin
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Administrative Staff ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Open Access Article

The pandemic lockdown provided the impetus for working from home or telework. The survey objective was to gauge the employees' job satisfaction and performance while working from home. Responses from 503 (80.9%) administrative staff from Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Selangor, Malaysia, were analyzed. The findings indicated that 87.1% were satisfied with working from home; however, the work performance, measured through the availability of ICT peripherals, showed a dismaying 53.7%. The implications from the findings require university administrators to reassess the policy for working from home; that is, only employees with adequate ICT equipment can be allowed to telework. Keywords: work from home, telework, job satisfaction, work performance eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2515.

PERAN MEDIA SOSIAL DALAM MENINGKATKAN PENJUALAN ONLINE SAAT PANDEMI COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-81
Author(s):  
Anak Agung Manik Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Related Literature ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Working From Home

The purpose of this study was to identify and obtain information regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the concept of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses an exploratory case study method and its research approach uses a qualitative method used to obtain information on the strengths and weaknesses of the concept of working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this study the number of respondents used was 10 employees of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) in the Denpasar area. For purposes of confidentiality, respondents are given the initials K1 through K10 with semi-structured interview techniques and a list of questions compiled and developed based on the related literature. The results of this study are the concept of work from home provides advantages and disadvantages for employees both in terms of cost, the atmosphere of the house, the stress of mobilization and preventing the spread of the Covid-19.

scholarly journals COPING WITH POST COVID-19: CAN WORK FROM HOME BE A NEW NORM?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Afiqah Akmal Abdullah ◽  
Noor Hanim Rahmat ◽  
Fatin Zafirah Zawawi ◽  
Muhammad Adib Nazhan Khamsah ◽  
Afiqah Humaira Anuarsham
Keyword(s):  
Family Values ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Likert Scales ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Performance Isolation ◽  
Working From Home ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Topic Theory

The ever-advancing world of technology has made it possible for people to work from home and this has affected the way people, especially employees work. It has also benefitted them during this difficult time of pandemic. Working from home which is also known as teleworking is when employees carry out their organisational responsibilities remotely such as in their homes instead of the norm of working in the office. Previous studies have only discussed the topic theory wise, but the feelings or views of employees on the topic have not been thoroughly studied. The purpose of this study is to explore the advantages and disadvantages of working from home from the employees' perspectives. Specifically, this quantitative study investigates how employees feel about working from home in the aspects of family values, increase of performance, isolation, and disrupt work-life balance. A survey via Google Form using Likert scales was used as the instrument which was answered by 110 respondents. Findings revealed that a majority of the respondents agreed that working from home has more advantages than the disadvantages and this showed that working from home brings more convenience for the employees. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0730/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals The Internet communication in the perspective of personalism of E. Mounier

2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 487-490
Author(s):  
Robert Więckowski
Keyword(s):  
Personal Communication ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Human Relationships ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Special Privilege ◽  
Objective Tool

In the paper, it is discussed the communicative role of the Internet in the view of Mounier’s conception of personal communication. E. Mounier distinguishes two aspects of human communication: objective and subjective. The first one is reduced to the function of giving information, the second one . is specific for a man as a person. It is presented the most essential features of subjective, existential communication, that after all requires an understanding of other people. This attitude, according to Mounier, is not possible without opening to transcendence. In the view, the Internet is regarded as an objective tool of communication. It is briefly discussed the main ways of using the Internet in keeping up human relationships, the specific features of the tool, its advantages and disadvantages for personal contact. Finally, the development of the Internet is understood as a symptom of the need of passing on thoughts, considerations, and love to others as a human special privilege.

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