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Time has passed since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Hundreds of millions of people have lived in and out of lockdowns. Interestingly, the pandemic has opened our eyes to the possibility of making work from home a norm. . There are two opposing views when it comes to working from home. One view says that people will get nothing done, and the other view believes workers will be happier and more productive working from home. Therefore, this pilot study attempts to investigate both sides of the coin for issues relating to working from home. 44 participants responded to this quantitative study. The instrument used is a questionnaire. It looks at how working from home influence work-life balance, work fulfilment and also work performance of workers. In ensuring the reliability of the instrument, the reliability analysis has been conducted on the instrument comprising of 34 items with four sections; Section A: Demographic Data, Section B: Work Fulfilment, Section C: Work-life Balance and Section D: Work Performance. Findings revealed interesting implications for employers to consider work from home as a new norm.
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To Cite this Article: Rahmat, N. H., Rahman, S. A. S. A., Yunos, D. R. M., Sa’adan, N., Jasman, N. H., & Rahman, S. S. S. A. (2022). Exploring Work from Home Amidst Post-Covid. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(1), 1107–1120.
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