DYNAMICS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (HRM) STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES: A SILVER LINING FOR ORGANIZATIONS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Keywords:
Human resource management, HR practices, HR strategies, COVID-19, pandemic, challenges, SolutionsAbstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to a number of challenges that influenced economic conditions and social behaviors of individuals, and also organizational operations in an adverse manner. This study is a critical literature review that aims to highlight the pivotal role of Human Resource Management (HRM) in devising strategies and practices that can be used to alleviate the hindrances that resulted from the current global health crisis. For this purpose, relevant articles published between December 2019 and April 2022 were retrieved from different databases, some of which include: Scopus, Science Direct, and Web of Science. Only 27 articles were chosen for this study due to a higher degree of relevance. The study concluded that HRM was competent enough to devise varied strategies and practices that enabled organizations to continue its routine operations while ensuring health, safety, psychological well-being, motivation and productivity of personnel at the workplace in prevalence of the global pandemic. Furthermore, limitations of the study and recommendations for future research are also included.
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