The Relationship of Work Environment Towards High School Teachers Performance in Bandung During Covid-19 Pandemic

Abstract

COVID-19 outbreak significantly affected a lot of industries in Indonesia, including the educational industry. Only 72.71% of the educational industry operates like usual, meaning that the school's activity is held remotely, and the educational personnel have to do their work at home. With a new working environment during COVID-19, the main objective was to identify the relationship between work environment and employee performance during COVID-19. Since it is reported from former studies that show an employees workplace environment positively influences their performance in doing their work. In this study, there are two independent variables, the first one is the physical environment, and the second one is the non-physical environment. This study was conducted in a public high school in Kota Bandung using questionnaires to gather data from 100 respondents. The data analysis uses the multiple linear regression method, where the results show that the work environment has a significant influence on employee performance. Meaning that teachers, school, and government should synergise to pay attention to the teachers work environment while working from home during COVID-19 to optimise teachers performance.

Keywords: Work Environment, Physical Environment, Non-Physical Environment,