Organisational Culture Change: Overlapping Challenges of Working from Home and Digital Transformation by Pandemic Crisis
Sharifah Rahama Amirul1, Sharifah Milda Amirul2, Siti Nor Bayaah Ahmad3, Oscar Dousin4, Syarifah Hanum Ali5.
The global pandemic crisis brought on by COVID-19 has prompted a massive scale of
implementation of WFH and increased the usage of digital technology due to the movement
control order (MCO) enforced by the government. Digitally mature organisations have adapted
better to the disruption caused by COVID-19, but this is not the case for organisations that are
still stumbling their way through the use of digital technology. The existing research has not
delved enough into analysing the influence that digitalisation and working from home have on
the culture of organisations, which may alter how employees behave; this continues to be an
open question. This study's primary objectives are to investigate the challenges that WFH and
digital transformation framed in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and to investigate
how these challenges have impacted the organisational culture in Malaysia. A structured
interview was conducted to reveal that there were overlapping challenges between WFH and
digital transformation. The use of technology is intricately bound up with WFH, and WFH is
the key factor that has fueled digital transformation throughout the pandemic crisis. Although
WFH might be the answer to the problem of business continuity, it still has its drawbacks that
might hinder the efficiency of workers and be detrimental to their health. Another major
finding is that the introduction of digitalisation and WFH has caused a change in the culture of
the workplace. As a consequence, the organisation has become more result-oriented, with an
increased focus placed on completing tasks and achieving performance goals.
Affiliation:
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Accounting Centre, Faculty of Business, Economics & Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia
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