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The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 as a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. A week later, due to the expansion of COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian government has implemented a Total Lockdown starting on March 18, 2020. Employees from private and public sectors had to work from their own domicile, hence, the term Work/Working From Home (WFH) being used. Millions of people are affected by this new working arrangement; it changed the work norms. Some are able to adjust to this new working environment while others have problems to adapt it. The objective of this research is to look at Malaysian employees’ motivation and perception regarding WFH through Alderfer’s motivation theory (1969) from which the elements are used to scaffold the work from home variables advanced by (Abdullah et al., 2020). This quantitative survey was distributed to 299 respondents. The questionnaire is divided into four sections with 37 questions: Section A (Demographic Profile), Section B (Flexibility), Section C (Work-life Balance) and Section D (Work Performance). Findings revealed that a majority of the respondents are in favor of WFH due to, firstly, ensured presence of personal Internet connection for work purposes, and secondly, its direct implications in cutting personal expenses and time spent in traffic. However, in exchange, utility expenses have been proven to increase. Working from home also does not imply lesser time to complete a given task which is a consequence of a less conducive working condition experienced by the employees. Feedback regarding the perception of Malaysian employees towards the concept of WFH could be sought through this study.
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