EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORKING FROM HOME ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF WORKING FROM HOME ON EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY

Summary/Abstract: The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic caught the world unawares. Many organisations closed the operations and employees had to work from home and as such were not ready for this sudden change of the working environment. The purpose of the study was to establish whether there was any significant relationship between factors impacting on working from home and employee productivity. This was a quantitative study wherein a questionnaire was administered to the respondents. The population was N=60 employees, due to a small population, the entire population (n=60) was utilised. All questionnaires administered to the entire population were returned and the return rate was 100%. The study produced the following results (r=.24, n=60, p-value-.00)); (r=.23, n=60, p-value=.00); (r=.22, n=60, p=.00) and (r=.32, n=60, p=.00), respectively. The results indicated a statistically significant relationship between independent variables (dedicated workspace, tools of trade, self-discipline, work-life-balance) and a dependent variable (employee productivity). The Model summary R-Squared (R2 ) produced 68% and the Durbin-Watson statistic 1.92. The results contributed to the body of knowledge within the human resource development field.

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