Impact of remote work on productivity of software developers and its challenges
Karki, Sunil Bikram (2023)
Karki, Sunil Bikram
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023060621807
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023060621807
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The trend of remote work increased significantly after the outbreak of Covid-19 in late 2019 which forced most of the economic activities to halt. Remote work was the only option and the IT sector was one of the first sectors to implement it. There have been various studies examining the various aspect of working from home and the current research is aimed to examine the impact of remote work on the productivity of the
employees in the IT sector and also to identify the major challenges of remote work both for the employees and the organization. The data for the analysis was collected among 150 IT workers in Nepal using the close-ended questionnaire. Researchers have conducted various statistical analyses on the collected data such as descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The findings from the descriptive statistics suggested that most of the respondents were male and in the younger age group. The findings from the correlation analysis suggested a negative relationship between remote work and productivity. The findings from the regression analysis suggested that major challenges for the employees were difficulty in understanding the coding, difficulty in getting feedback and difficulty in managing the work in different time zone, and difficulty in understanding the project requirements. Lastly, the major challenges for organizations include difficulty in maintaining the coding standard, difficulty explaining the project requirements, difficulty knowing the status of the work, and providing instant feedback.
employees in the IT sector and also to identify the major challenges of remote work both for the employees and the organization. The data for the analysis was collected among 150 IT workers in Nepal using the close-ended questionnaire. Researchers have conducted various statistical analyses on the collected data such as descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. The findings from the descriptive statistics suggested that most of the respondents were male and in the younger age group. The findings from the correlation analysis suggested a negative relationship between remote work and productivity. The findings from the regression analysis suggested that major challenges for the employees were difficulty in understanding the coding, difficulty in getting feedback and difficulty in managing the work in different time zone, and difficulty in understanding the project requirements. Lastly, the major challenges for organizations include difficulty in maintaining the coding standard, difficulty explaining the project requirements, difficulty knowing the status of the work, and providing instant feedback.