TRANSITIONING FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

“Remote work is the future of work.” Processes that have been dependent on physical interaction between people, or between people and objects have increasingly shifted to virtual environments in which physical interaction is not possible. For example, medical processes that have traditionally relied on physical interaction between doctor and patient are now conducted virtually through telemedicine. This transition of physical to virtual working environment is known as the process of virtualization. People have adapted to virtualization at an accelerated pace. Some processes have made it quite evident that they are more suitable for virtualization than others. The world has seen a massive transition from conventional meeting rooms to online application-based meeting rooms, it is necessary to understand the way people have adapted to this situation. Thus, in order to understand the influence of this internet industry on workplaces and on people we present this project before you. In this project, I intend to do research and analyse the effect of transitioning from physical to virtual working environment, on people due to COVID-19. I would be outlining different aspects along with the background of “Work from Home” in the literature review. My research objectives are as follows: ➢ If Work-From-Home completely replaced Work-From-Office. ➢ If gender plays a role, in Work-Life-Balance or not. ➢ If employees’ mental and physical health was impacted while transitioning from work-from-office to work-from-home. ➢ To study the challenges faced by employees during this transition In order to accomplish these objectives, we will be using the following means to do conclusive research ➢ A detailed questionnaire ➢ SPSS and Excel analysis of the responses received v ➢ Interviewing a few respondents We will be interacting with employees of different organisations by the means of google form and personal interview about their work from home experience and will be comparing their responses with the secondary data available from various data sources like books, articles and various research papers related to the subject matter of this study and it are doctrinal in nature. Through this major research project, we aim to analyse “Is working from home, the new normal?”