The Outmost Affect Factor to the Job Performance During COVID-19

Abstract

Most of the employees had been suffering in their health status at work during the movement control order. The government advised some of the companies to develop work from home which could cut the expenses of the company as well and the business operation of the company could be done like those normal days during the pandemic. The university staff was required to work from home due to the online learning that had been held during the pandemic. A change in the working environment requires new adaption, thus will jeopardize the outcome at the end of the day. The employee health was not taken good care of during the work-from-home period due to the change in ergonomics structure, stress on the workload and distraction, and poor time management by the employees at home which caused them to have bad job performance. This study aims to investigate the most factor that affects job performance during COVID-19. Data was collected among the staff in one of the public universities located in the north of Malaysia that practice work from home by using the questionnaire method. The findings argued on the most affected factor towards job performance. The findings implied the need for every organization to create awareness in protecting the employees' health and well-being at work during the pandemic as it had influenced job performance.