RESEARCH PROPOSAL

On

"Impact of Work From Home on the performance of employees"

Submitted To

Faculty of Management

In partial fulfilment of the requirements of Summer Research Project in the

Masters of Business Administration (I-MBA) programme at

GLS University

Under the Guidance of

Prof. Jaimini Yagnik

Submitted By

Muskan Pandey 201700510010097

Batch: 2017-22

IMBA Semester IX

May 02, 2021

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 Chapter 1 : Introduction

What is Work From Home (WFH)?

Work From home (WFH) is a concept where the employee can do his or her job from home.
Work from home gives flexible working hours to the employee as well as the job for the
employer is done with ease. Work from home is helpful to delivering work life balance to the
employee, and also parallelly helps the company to get the work done. Nowadays, most of the
employers are offering this option to their employees.

Work from home (or Working from home) is a modern work approach enabled through
internet and mobility wherein irrespective of the physical location of an individual work can be
done. Work from Home is also known as Working Remotely or telecommuting which implies
that the employee is working from a remote location usually home.

Importance of the Work from Home Concept

Work from home as a concept is very important in current times. It helps to keep productivity
of the employee same or even better and at the same time supports the employee for being
with family or handling some personal work. Also in the case the employee is facing some
health issue of self or family, Work from Home (WFH) can be a great tool for helping employee
stay at home and work at the same time. in 2020, during Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic,
Work from Home enabled many companies to remain productive and keep themselves
relevant. Roles like IT, Management, Designing, Media etc. continued to work with the WFH
option

Advantages of Work from Home

There are many advantages while working from home.

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1. There is more job applicant for a particular job with certain people with location constraint or
disabled people can apply for the job. Even parents with children who tend to leave job can be
retained for the job.

2. There is more work life balance. Many people claim that a more quieter or friendly
atmosphere is found at home which helps to concentrate on the work as well as they can
complete the assigned work quickly.

3. There is a lot of savings with respect to cost of office infrastructure like spaces, electricity bills
etc.

4. Employees feel motivated as they get a good work life balance, and improves their
productivity.

Disadvantages of Work from Home

There are many disadvantages as well

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1. There is always a major problem with monitoring the work.

2. The cost of technological infrastructure that is required for implementing the concept.

3. There is always a security problem with data being transferred and that can’t be monitored
easily.

4. All jobs doesn’t is not suitable for work from home concept. Sometimes communication
problem between employees makes it problematic for a job.

What are the factors Influencing Employee Performance?

The key factors that influence employee performances are:

Job Satisfaction

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Training and Development

Employee Engagement

Goals and Expectations

Tools and Equipment

Morale and Company culture

Employees won’t perform in a vacuum. Certain factors like the employer, personal preferences,
and many other external factors affect employee performance.

We are not going to consider factors that hinder employee performance like personal problems
because the organization cannot eliminate these types of factors. Alternatively, we are focusing
on factors that have a positive impact on employee performance.

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

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 CHAPTER 3: Research Methodology

Objectives of Study:

 Primary Objective:
1. To study the impact of Work From Home on the performance of employees.
 Secondary Objective:

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 1. To study which factors are impacting the performance of employees working from
home.
2. To study how the factors are impacting the performance of employees working from
home.
3. To study that the concept of work from home is maximum given by which industry.

Scope of Study:

Work from Home concept started trending in more after Covid-19. This study is based on
working from home and the aim is to assess the impact that working from home in the
performance of employees.

As the concept is kind of new the amount of research conducted in Gujarat is very limited and
the scope of study includes employees working from home.

Research Design:

Secondary research or desk research is a research method that involves using already existing
data. Existing data is summarized and collated to increase the overall effectiveness of research.
Secondary research includes research material published in research reports and similar
documents.