Impact of Work-From-Home Human Resource Practices on the Performance of Online Teaching Faculty During Coronavirus Disease 2019

Huda Irshad; Khawaja Muhammad Umar; Mahmood Rehmani; Munnawar Naz Khokhar; Naveed Anwar; Ayaz Qaiser; Rana Tahir Naveed

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.740644

Impact of Work-From-Home Human Resource Practices on the Performance of Online Teaching Faculty During Coronavirus Disease 2019

Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 28:12:740644. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.740644. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Huda Irshad¹, Khawaja Muhammad Umar¹, Mahmood Rehmani¹, Munnawar Naz Khokhar², Naveed Anwar³, Ayaz Qaiser¹, Rana Tahir Naveed⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Business Administration, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan.
² Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
³ Department of Management Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Larkana, Pakistan.
⁴ Department of Economics and Business Administration, Division of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Education, Lahore, Pakistan.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of work-from-home (WFH) human resource (HR) practices on the performance of faculty under the drastic circumstances of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The population of the study included faculty members of the higher education institutions in Sialkot, Pakistan. The study filled the gap of scarce literature on the impact of various HR practices by HR officials while working from home during lockdown observed to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Based on reinforcement theory, this article proves that there is a significant relationship between HR practices (including training, performance appraisal, career planning, employee participation, job definition, compensation, and selection) and faculty performance. It also proves that there is a strong positive relationship between the two variables. The findings of this study provide a blueprint to improve HR practices for high performance by faculty in the higher education sector during WFH settings.

Keywords: COVID-19; HR practices; employee performance; online teaching faculty; work-from-home.