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Review
. 2022 May 19:13:819860.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819860. eCollection 2022.

A Literature Review of Work From Home Phenomenon During COVID-19 Toward Employees' Performance and Quality of Life in Malaysia and Indonesia

Norhasni Zainal Abiddin  1 , Irmohizam Ibrahim  1 , Shahrul Azuwar Abdul Aziz  1
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A Literature Review of Work From Home Phenomenon During COVID-19 Toward Employees' Performance and Quality of Life in Malaysia and Indonesia

Norhasni Zainal Abiddin et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to determine the performance of employees employed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia and Indonesia, also to examine the employee's quality of life affected by COVID-19. The current study is aimed to critically determine the performance of employees employed at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The author has analyzed and reviewed various sources of articles, reports, and documents from previous research and literature. The findings explain that working from home has provided advantages and disadvantages for both the employees and the organization and is responsible for the decrease in employee productivity. In addition, the findings conclude that the fact that working from home is generally not feasible because many areas of work cannot be done from home, although for many employees, working from home has provided a work-life balance.

Keywords: COVID-19; anxiety; employee performance; quality of life; work from home phenomenon.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Comparison of mortality rates among Southeast Asia countries from April 2020 to October 2021 (Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2021).
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Case epidemiologic curves for all ASEAN nations from 1st January 2020 to 15th October 2021 (Rampal et al., 2021).
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Comparison of COVID-19 fatality rates in Malaysia and Indonesia (Rampal et al., 2021). *Case fatality rates, %, was delay adjusted to reflect a more valid population at risk of the case fatality.
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Figure 4
Comparison of COVID-19 mortality rates in Malaysia and Indonesia (Rampal et al., 2021). **Mortality rates (per 100,000 population).
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