The world's wealthiest countries were first hit by the unique coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. One of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a global shift in work ergonomic patterns, since millions of individuals have substituted their typical work environment with their homes in order to restrict the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2) infection. The goal of our cross-sectional pilot research was to determine the impact of working from home on job performance among academicians at Kota Bharu Polytechnic who had been working from home before they joined this study. The participants were asked to fill in our printed questionnaire about the impact of working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic job performance and how it influences academicians’ performance. The results indicate that the entire measures achieved a high-reliability coefficient that ranged from 0.768 to 0.945, based on Cronbach’s alpha coefficient test (they all exceeded 0.70 benchmark) with no significant deviation of skewness values from zero. In addition, the results of the study indicated that work from home and work motivation significantly affect academicians’ job performance. The study confirmed the validity of an instrument that investigated at work motivation as a mediating variable when analysing the effects of working from home on job performance and how it affects academicians' performance.
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To Cite this Article: Min, N. M. F. N., Thani, A. K. A., Ishak, M. A. H., & Sakarji, S. R. (2022). The Influence of Working From Home on Job Performance among Academicians from Kota Bharu Polytechnic, Kelantan During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Study. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(7), 2047 – 2051.
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