Efficiency of Working from Home of Personnel, Office of Social Development and Human Security, Loei Province

Abstract

Abstract

This research aimed to study the efficiency of working from home and to study the problems and obstacles that arise when personnel work from home at the Social Development and Human Security Office, Loei Province. Data was collected by 30 personnel. The research instruments were questionnaires and data analysis using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings found that 1) most of the 30 personnel were female (60.00%), between the ages of 31-40 years, (40.00%), graduated with a bachelor's degree (93.33%), and had the longest working period of 1–4 years (40.00%). 2) Most of the personnel had the opinion that working from home was a good practice for reducing the spread and flexibility. Overall, the efficiency of working from home of personnel in the Office of Social Development and Human Security, Loei Province was at the highest level (mean 3.42), followed by quality of work (mean 3.52) and the least in terms of time spent at work (mean 3.23). 3) Problems and obstacles in working from home were the personnel, who had problems with communication devices, differences in personnel ages, and the ability to use technology to communicate, causing inconsistencies in communication about assignments, misunderstandings, and for older personnel, it is inconvenient to use modern communication tools.