HOW DOES WORK ENVIRONMENT INFLUENCE PRODUCTIVITY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMICS? A CASE STUDY IN IPB UNIVERSITY

Ghassani Adisa Nuramalina,Eko Ruddy Cahyadi

doi:10.17358/jabm.7.2.295

Abstract

Coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by WHO on March 11, 2020. Since that decision, Work From Home (WFH) policy has also begun to be applied to all offices, including educational institutions in Indonesia. IPB, as one of the institutions that also implements the WFH policy, still has to maintain the productivity of its staff although their work environment has been changed. This research aims to analyze the effect of the work environment, both physical and non-physical on the productivity of IPB’s staff in normal work situations and WFH situations. The respondents were obtained by distributing questionnaires online via google form. The data analysis technique used is descriptive analysis, Wilcoxon test, and SEM PLS. The results show that in normal and WFH work situations, physical work environment and non- physical work environment have a positive and significant effect on the productivity of IPB’s staff. It means that the productivity of IPB’s staff can be increased if a good physical and non- physical work environment is available, which suitable for the working condition both during normal and WFH situations. Keywords: educational institution, sem-pls, supporting staff, policy, work from home

Highlights

The Coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization or WHO on March 11, 2020
Based on data from the Ministry of Education and Culture (2020), the Work From Home (WFH) system is implemented in educational institutions to maintain the health and safety for both students, educators, and supporting staff during the Covid-19 pandemic
This research questionnaire consist of two work situations, namely the normal work situation and the WFH situation

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The Coronavirus was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization or WHO on March 11, 2020 Since this determination, the Work From Home (WFH) system has been implemented in Indonesia. The WFH system is a concept where employees can do their work from home (Kemdikbud, 2020) The application of this system is carried out in all offices, including educational institutions. Based on data from the Ministry of Education and Culture (2020), the WFH system is implemented in educational institutions to maintain the health and safety for both students, educators, and supporting staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. Based on PP RI No 66 of 2013 concerning the Statute of the Bogor Agricultural Institute, IPB’s human resources consist of educators and supporting staff with employment status which are divided into Civil Servants (PNS), permanent employees, and contracts. In addition to their role as supporting the implementation of the tridharma of higher education, supporting staff have an important role in the implementation of administration, management, development, supervision and technical services in supporting units (Law No 20 of 2003)

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