The Effect of Technology Mastery and Work Motivation on the Performance of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) of Local Governments on the Implementation of Work from Home as an Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

The dissemination of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) is very rapidly forcing the government to implement a policy to suppress the level of spreading of this worldwide virus by allowing local government civil servants (ASN) to work at home or Work from Home (WFH). The ideal condition of WFH applied by an agency/office is the ability to connect people electronically and make the best situation where office work does not need to be done in the office. Instead, the work can be done anywhere at the time the employee is included in the house. This WFH policy brings consequences on conditions related to the readiness of the work device, the availability of adequate information technology equipment, the mastery of technologies and work motivation from the local government civil servants. It is necessary to support their performance during the implementation of work from home. This research was conducted to see the mastery of technology and work motivation and their influence on the performance of local government civil servants (ASN) of the country during the implementation of work from home. The results of this study are expected to be considered by all parties capable of relevant work to upgrade the mastery of technology for local government civil servants (ASN) so that their performance during the implementation of work from home (WFH) can be maintained.

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