The impact of work form home on job performance in the IT sector in Colombo district Sri Lanka

Abstract

"Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the work from home facility has been widely used to overcome the spread of the disease and to maintain the safety. In Sri Lanka the unemployment rate has increased from 4.65% to 5.4%, so the work from home facility which was only used by certain business organizations is being implemented by almost all the organizations to continue with their business activities. While comparing to other industries this facility is used more in IT sector as their jobs are motivated and encouraged through remote working. However, the Work from home facility can have both negative and positive impact on job performance as well as employee satisfaction. This study particularly focused on this, more in detail, by analyzing the impact of work from home on job performance in IT sector employee’s perspective in Sri Lanka rather than only on executive level, thus making it more significant."