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The COVID-19 accelerated the rise of remote work, indicating a break from widely accepted conventional working paradigms and igniting debates about its fundamentals, like how distant work affects worker productivity and motivation. The purpose of this study is to determine how employee perception, productivity, and motivation are impacted by remote work. According to the study, remote work may increase worker productivity and motivation by allowing for greater mobility, a daily hour of extra autonomy, and work-life balance. It may also result in increased savings and expenses by lowering daily burden costs. A suitable workload enhances mental health, a well-organized workplace lessens the strain on physical health, and seclusion relieves social anxiety sufferers of some of their obligations. Numerous technological challenges face remote workers, including as unstable cybersecurity, background noise, internet outages, and power outages. The result indicates that there are advantages and disadvantages to working remotely. Employees choose remote employment since it enhances work-life balance. The study demonstrates a strong correlation between worker productivity and motivation. It also exposes restrictions on data insights related to time, flexibility, and potential bias. The organization, policymakers, and academics should take note of this study's findings regarding workplace flexibility and remote work regulations.
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Safri, S. M., Salleh, M. A. A., & Salleh, M. S. M. (2024). A Study on Remote Working of Employee Motivation and Productivity. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(8), 3075–3087.
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