Article: Active and passive links between work from home and employee well-being: a post-COVID performance perspective Journal: International Journal of Business Performance Management (IJBPM) 2025 Vol.26 No.1 pp.46 - 58 Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered companies to come up with innovative solutions to keep their employees productive while working remotely. These new norms of work are to stay for the foreseeable future and it is important for companies to understand how they best adapt to these changes in order to continue operating effectively. It is essential for employers to ensure that their employees are well taken care of during this period and that they have access to resources that would help them stay productive while working from home. To address these issues, it is important to understand the implications of telecommuting on employee well-being and occupational health. Companies must invest in digitalisation, occupational medicine, and other resources, which can help, improve employee morale, productivity, and overall well-being while working from home. The current article explores how WFH benefits employers and employees as well as some potential challenges that come with it. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Active and passive links between work from home and employee well-being: a post-COVID performance perspective

Authors: Simanchala Das; Sanam Jaswanth; Nethi Sandhya; Ponnada Satya Sumanth; Pattem Gayathri

Addresses: KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India ' KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India ' KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India ' KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India ' KL Business School, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Andhra Pradesh, India

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered companies to come up with innovative solutions to keep their employees productive while working remotely. These new norms of work are to stay for the foreseeable future and it is important for companies to understand how they best adapt to these changes in order to continue operating effectively. It is essential for employers to ensure that their employees are well taken care of during this period and that they have access to resources that would help them stay productive while working from home. To address these issues, it is important to understand the implications of telecommuting on employee well-being and occupational health. Companies must invest in digitalisation, occupational medicine, and other resources, which can help, improve employee morale, productivity, and overall well-being while working from home. The current article explores how WFH benefits employers and employees as well as some potential challenges that come with it.

Keywords: work from home; WFH; post-COVID performance perspective; job satisfaction; physical stress; psychological stress; home office.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.2025.143644

International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2025 Vol.26 No.1, pp.46 - 58

Received: 16 Mar 2023
Accepted: 27 Jun 2023
Published online: 03 Jan 2025 *

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