Masters Thesis

Long-term effects of teleworking during Covid-19 quarantine

In response to Covid-19 shutdowns, many organizations have begun to transition their employees into teleworking conditions. These employees may also have been ordered to work only from their homes for consecutive months. The purpose of this graduate project is to understand how long-term teleworking conditions effect public sector employees. Through a weekly reflective journal, 50 local government employees who were engaged in telework for at least three to five days per week and for at least two consecutive months, will describe their teleworking experience. The method utilizes an inclusion criterion for employees who had been specifically ordered to work from home as it looks into the effects of emergency Covid-19 teleworking conditions. The reflective journals will track employee's productivity, motivation, and relationship with management. Findings may show that initially positive experiences may turn negative, or initially negative experience may become positive, or a neutral consistent experience. The findings can then be compared to between each employee or as the group as a whole. Understanding employee's experience during long-term teleworking conditions allows public managers to gain insights into any challenges or benefits the employees had, allowing for measures to be recommended or set in place to improve employees' teleworking experience.

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