HRM, HRD, Research, PhD, Research, HR, CHRO

HRM, HRD, Research, PhD, Research, HR, CHRO

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  A Study onthe Preparedness of IT Employees for Work from Home - WfH during the Covid-19 Lockdowns Techno Conference, May, 2023 Dr. M M Bagali Vice President Centre for Research in Human Resources and Higher Education, Bangalore
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  agenda !! Research on WfH Relevancecontext Rigour context Setting the Research context
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  Background Covid-19 pandemic definedthe way we worked WfH - was the norm of the game Some could do it; some din’t; some never Some enjoyed; some could not; some had challenges There was an opporunity to look at this from performance and productivity angle The present study designed to explore this issue
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  Goal of thestudy ‣ Investigate whether or not employees prepared for WfH ‣ The experience of flexible hours ‣ Satisfaction with WfH
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  Methodology ‣ Representative sampleof 100 workers ‣ IT organisations located all over the country ‣ Structured questionnaire (20 areas) ‣ 30 days for participation
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  Category Percentage 1 Men67 Women 33 2 18-25 25 25-35 67 >35 8 3 Rural 18 Semi-Urban 15 Urban 36 Metropolitan 31 4 Training dept 8 Programmer 20 Software Engineer 23 Team Leaders 13 Project Manager 12 Others 24 Table 1 - Demographic Details of Samples
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  Finding 1- Pre-Experience ‣53 % never done any kind of employment from WfH ‣ 15 % occasionally worked from home (once a month or less) ‣ 8 % had worked from home once a month ‣ 5 % had worked from home once a fortnight ‣ 5% had worked from home once a week ‣ 14 % had worked from home twice or thrice a week
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  Finding 2- Mixedoutcome ‣ 68 % distraction location in their homes for working ‣ 77 % had strong network connectivity while working from home ‣ 77 % got support from their employer for working from home ‣ 67 % had a team that supported working from home
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  Finding 3- Reactions ‣78 % reported feeling at ease when communicating with their team online ‣ 47 % working from home during the lockdown were connectivity to the internet 43 % workspace infrastructure ‣ 43 % having an excessive number of distractions at home ‣ 28 % maintaining a schedule ‣ 67 % of those polled expressed excitement about the prospect of returning to their workplaces in the near future
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  Conclusion (Suggestion) ‣ Thelockdown experience has helped them understand the WFH process and learn how to be more productive during WFH in the future (Orient beforehand) ‣ Employees, particularly women, younger employees, and employees living in rural areas, did not have access (Preparedness by management) ‣ There were also problems with data speed and data limit, especially during video calls (extra support with bandwidth) ‣ Employee satisfaction with WFH, the IT companies should focus on processes, work environment (at home), and training (HR policy addressing this)
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  Limitations (Scope defined) ‣The study dint has any hypothesis ‣ Online data collection (physical reactions) ‣ Either management of HR dept is involved ‣ Few questions put to test ‣ No open ended questions
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  Skills and Experience •Teaching 24 years • Research 16 y’rs • Coaching 14 y’rs • Training 16 y’rs • Consultancy 08 y’rs • Mentoring 16 y’rs • Post-doctoral 08 y’rs • Corporate 02+ yr’s Functional Area: Teaching, Research Interest • Human Resources Development - HRD - 24 years • International Human Resources Management - IHRM - 15 • Strategic Human Resources Management - SHRM - 15 • Organisational Behaviour-OB - 20 • Recruitment, Selection and Engagement - 18 • HRM and General Management- 22 What I bring
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  • 16 PhDguided • 11 M.Phil awarded • 150+ paper publication • 950 MBA Research Summer projects guided • 1500+ Masters Projects Examined / Evaluated • Network and Connect • PhD Examiner and Expert • 7 University PhD examiner/evaluated PhD work/Doctoral Committee Member/ PhD Guide • Research Guide • Post Doctoral work Research Abilities
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