Impact of Human Proximity on Work from Home effectiveness in Indian Organizational context

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to evaluate the impact of Human proximity on the Work from home effectiveness by devising elements of Hofstede’s model of cultural dimensions and establishing a relationship between two factors. This is an exploratory research which will be carried by using a survey method to capture details about level of effectiveness and also the intensity of human proximity required for respective job roles. Data will be collected from people across genders, job roles and industry sectors in India. Further data will be analyzed using a quantitative analysis to see the co-relation between Human proximity and Work from Home effectiveness by using dimensions of Hofstede’s model. Also, the research is limited to only two dimensions of Hofstede’s model (i.e. Power Distance Index and Individualism vs Collectivism) to address the elements of Human Proximity. The research is carried in Indian organizational context covering a limited set of occupations which gets impacted due to work from home. Learnings of the research will help the organizations to check the level of preparedness as per the job role in an organization to be suitable for remote working. Paper tries to establish a co-relation between human presence required and Job effectiveness across industries and job roles and help organizations address the gap areas to increase job effectiveness