The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic: Daily Work Stress and Work Performance between Work from Home (WFH), Work from Office (WFO) and Hybrid in Indonesia

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this research aimed to investigate the difference between daily work stress and work performance in respondents who work from home (WFH), office (WFO), or vice versa on a scheduled basis during the pandemic COVID-19 period.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 400 respondents were recruited, from all over the province in Indonesia. Instruments utilized were structured questionnaires including a demographic questionnaire, work performance scale (WPS), daily work stress scale. The design used was cross-sectional with a nonprobability sampling method and the data analysis with Chi-Square. The respondents were 400 respondents.

RESULTS: Shows that both respondents who had high, moderate, and low-stress levels on work from home (p>0.001), work from office (p>0.001), and Hybrid (p>0.001). Respondents also had good work performance with all varied work methods.

CONCLUSIONS: Based on this research, each worker has more varied work stress, even though they still carry out their jobs well, and have good performance.