Abstract
Workplace now, workplace then, the new normal is a conceptual paper written to enlightened how organizations monitor employees' work performance from home as versus working in the office as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective of this article was to determine how organizations are able to measure the performance of their employees when they are working from home. Secondly, to evaluate how organizations are able to monitor virtual workload as versus traditional workload. And finally, through scrutinizing the new workplace normal articles, the author derived the third objective which is to determine how the employees balanced their work and family disputes during the Covid 19 pandemic. Several related articles were scrutinized to demonstrate the current workplace scenario as opposed to the traditional practices. At the end of the article, we proposed monitoring measures and how employees' performance can be improved during the Covid19 pandemic. Flexibility in goal setting, teamwork, and regular performance feedback will psychologically lead to positivity in work performance. Whilst, social support, job autonomy, workload, and monitoring would reduce employees' procrastination in carrying out their virtual workload. And finally, a 360° social support, flexible schedule, mental therapy, and boundary management able to overcome work and mental stress thus create a healthy working environment.
Highlights
The Movement Control Order 3 or MCO3 is back again
An increasing number of employers across the world are requiring their employees to work from home as part of the efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid19
The results indicate that the economic loss and low productivity of organizations with low skill and education will be greater than organizations with skilled and educated employees
Summary
The Movement Control Order 3 or MCO3 is back again. With the rise of Covid-19 cases at 4 digits increment since 15 May 2021, work from home, online distance learning, homeschooling, online shopping, food delivery, will be the way to go. The statistics were extracted from Coronavirus Graph: Worldwide Cases and Deaths (Worldometer, worldometers.info, 2021) These scenarios have forced many employees in many sectors to make a lot of adjustments in their daily activities and tasks. An increasing number of employers across the world are requiring their employees to work from home as part of the efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid. An increasing number of employers across the world are requiring their employees to work from home as part of the efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid19 This may not be an isolated shift. There was a sense that organizations will be more open to or even encourage workers to work from home beyond the Covid pandemic when things return to normal. Through scrutinizing the new workplace normal articles, the author derived the third objective which is to determine how the employees balanced their work and family disputes during the Covid-19 pandemic
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