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Effectiveness of Employee Engagement during WFH in IT industry


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1 Research Scholar, School of Management, KIIT University Bhubaneswar, India
2 Research Scholar, School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India
3 School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India
 

Many companies have established a remote work culture amid the new normal brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, there is a larger movement from standard to virtual work environments. The goal of this study is to better understand the impact of the virtual workplace on employee engagement. The change demands the development of a new employee engagement approach that will be useful even in the post-pandemic period. The study investigates secondary data to identify several factors, following which thematic analysis of data collected through structured questionnaire was performed. Trends have been examined, and a plan has been developed.

Keywords

Virtual Workplace, Employee Engagement, Performance Level, Work from Home.
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Authors

Shreya Simran
Research Scholar, School of Management, KIIT University Bhubaneswar, India
Ankita Nayak
Research Scholar, School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India
Debi Prasad Das
School of Management, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India

Abstract


Many companies have established a remote work culture amid the new normal brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, there is a larger movement from standard to virtual work environments. The goal of this study is to better understand the impact of the virtual workplace on employee engagement. The change demands the development of a new employee engagement approach that will be useful even in the post-pandemic period. The study investigates secondary data to identify several factors, following which thematic analysis of data collected through structured questionnaire was performed. Trends have been examined, and a plan has been developed.

Keywords


Virtual Workplace, Employee Engagement, Performance Level, Work from Home.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.23862/kiit-parikalpana%2F2021%2Fv17%2Fi2%2F210543