Date of Publication :31st July 2023

Abstract: This study aims to explain how organizational culture and its three layers can help with the challenges created by the Work From Home setup. This research also aims to provide a framework for organizations to use their organizational culture to address the growing concerns of remote work. Adopting a critical realist research philosophy, it anchors on the theoretical foundation of Organization Culture Onion and the Four Realms of Remote work. Data collection is primarily through qualitative Private Higher Education Institutions (HEI) interviews. The administrators of the College of Business and their different department chairpersons were the study's respondents. Although organizational culture and WFH literature have been around for decades, it is the country's first experience of WFH brought about by COVID-19. This cataclysmic event has been around for two years since the nationwide lockdown. Thus, studies on these concepts, specially set in academic institutions, were limited. The challenges identified in the study were increased workload; communication issues; complicated processes; no official time, and blurring lines of the Work-life balance. The conclusion showed that the University's culture, anchored on faith, service, and community as values, has alleviated these challenges.

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