Impacts of Working from Home during COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Functioning of Office Workstation Users

Abstract

Introduction: The number of individuals WFH has grown over time as more professions depend on laptops and other equipment, as maximum employees have dependable home-based Internet networks, and as most of them have mother and father functioning permanent. The Covid-19 epidemic, which drove a sizeable section of the world's employees to at least temporarily convert to WFH, hastened this tendency. Working from home (WFH) has the potential to offer more flexible work schedules, cut down on commute times, upsurge profession fulfilment, and progress the balance between work and personal lifealikethe working at office culture.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of working from home on office workers' social interactions during COVID-19.

Methods: Between May 24 and June 11, 2020, 100 valid responses were collected. Emails were utilised to reach out to potential participants, and snowball random sample technique was used to increase the recruitment effort. When moving to Work from home because of the COVID-19 epidemic, eligible participants were asked if they spent the majority of their working hours at a desk.

Results: Reduced overall social functioning following WFH was associated with work-related distractions, changing work schedules, workstation arrangements, and satisfaction with workplace interior ambient aspects.

Conclusion: This study identifies elements that affect workers' social functioning while WFH and lays the groundwork for thinking about the best ways to provide a fulfilling work from home experience.