Work from Home in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact on Work Behaviours of Academicians
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Work from Home, Academicians, Work Behavior, Counterproductive Work Behavior, COVID-19, ProductivityAbstract
The purpose of the paper is to facilitate the systematic exploration of the impact of work from home on the work behaviors of academicians from various higher education institutions in Oman. Descriptive statistics was applied for presenting research findings in tabular format and the use of ANOVA, Chi-square, and Categorical Regression tests, for statistical inference process was employed to derive conclusions about the study. The findings of the research confirm the relations between work from home and work behavior of academicians in times of COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Through critically examining empirical data, it is concluded that work from home is impactful for academicians during COVID-19 and it has fetched favorable and unfavorable consequences for academicians in times of COVID-19 crisis.
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