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A Study on Work From Home Practices Among Managers in IT Industry


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1 MBA, School of Management Studies National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
2 Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
 

IT industry has been distinctive for a variety of factors including the career opportunities, good work environment, closely linked into the global services economy and flexibility to work virtually. Most of the Tech giants offer employees an option to work from home at particular periods. In 2018, almost 70% of the world’s population works remotely for at least once a week and 53% for at least half a week. If we search for history of working from home (WFH) or remote working we can know that until industrial revolution, people used to work from their homes. Working from home can help employers to save costs, yield better results and employees can have the flexibility to work at their comfort. But there are some disadvantages too, like extended working hours, threat from cyber- attacks, etc. In this context, it is important to study about the perception about working from home among employees. The present study tries to understand the changes in perception about work from home practices among managers in IT industry, before and after working from home. This study uses factor analysis and different statistical test over the primary sources of data i.e. the managers from IT industry. The study concludes that manager perceptions are generally true about work from home practices except for work life balance and security measures.

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Work from Home (WFH), Remote Working, Flexibility to Work, Extended Working Hours, Threat from Cyber-Attacks.
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Authors

Vijay K. C.
MBA, School of Management Studies National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India
Sreejith S. S.
Assistant Professor, School of Management Studies, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India

Abstract


IT industry has been distinctive for a variety of factors including the career opportunities, good work environment, closely linked into the global services economy and flexibility to work virtually. Most of the Tech giants offer employees an option to work from home at particular periods. In 2018, almost 70% of the world’s population works remotely for at least once a week and 53% for at least half a week. If we search for history of working from home (WFH) or remote working we can know that until industrial revolution, people used to work from their homes. Working from home can help employers to save costs, yield better results and employees can have the flexibility to work at their comfort. But there are some disadvantages too, like extended working hours, threat from cyber- attacks, etc. In this context, it is important to study about the perception about working from home among employees. The present study tries to understand the changes in perception about work from home practices among managers in IT industry, before and after working from home. This study uses factor analysis and different statistical test over the primary sources of data i.e. the managers from IT industry. The study concludes that manager perceptions are generally true about work from home practices except for work life balance and security measures.

Keywords


Work from Home (WFH), Remote Working, Flexibility to Work, Extended Working Hours, Threat from Cyber-Attacks.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2021%2Fv17%2Fi1%2F209024