Volume 20 No 13 (2022)
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Work From Home And Its Effects On Employee Well-Being And Job Satisfaction
Dr.Shilpa Ajay, Dr.Lakshmi H
Abstract
COVID 19 pandemic has not only brought new virus and health issues, but also spurred news forms of work culture.
Before pandemic, work from home was an option available only for selected industries, but during and after
pandemic, due to social distancing, government laid protocols, work from home became new normal across
industries. Work from Home seems beneficial in multiple ways but it does have huge effect on the physical and
mental well-being among the employees. This research paper intends to examine the effect of specified attributes
of Work from Home on employee well-being like ability to work, physical stress, psychological stress symptoms
and job satisfaction among Bangalore employees. A panel survey of 385 employees of various companies belonging
to IT industry were considered for study. Through multiple regression, it was found that employees who had office
equipments and flexibility in work timings had positive effect on health of employees and job satisfaction. However,
employees felt work from home always lead to extended work hours which resulted in stress related symptoms.
Theoretical and practical implications are discussed in this study
Keywords
Work from Home (WFH), Covid 19, Mental Well Being, Digitization, Remote Work
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