Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability
This empirical investigation attempts to trace the HR function enablers that contributed to organisational recoverability during the COVID19 crisis. The study adopts a dual approach of gaining the employee perspective as well as HR perspective of ten organisations operating in the national capital r...
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Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
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| description | This empirical investigation attempts to trace the HR function enablers that contributed to organisational recoverability during the COVID19 crisis. The study adopts a dual approach of gaining the employee perspective as well as HR perspective of ten organisations operating in the national capital region of Delhi, India. A causal survey design was adopted to gain employee perspective through the analysis of quantitative data. The dependent variable of organisational recoverability was studied in relation to the independent variables of HR communication, HR support, HR collaboration, HR agility, HR anticipation of a crisis, and employee engagement.
In the second phase of the study, HR managers of ten organisations were interviewed to gain insights into HR initiatives during COVID19. The quantitative data was subjected to machine learning analysis (Rstudio, Random Forest) & qualitative data was analysed through content analysis. The results indicate that Employee Engagement, HR support, HR agility, & HR anticipation of crisis emerged as predictors for organisational recoverability. The emerging themes of qualitative interviews were - HR initiatives, HR communication, HR empowerment, employee engagement, knowledge management, and organisational learning. The study has implications for HR professionals and academicians. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-856956bb2d964cea96fb288cc9cfee082023-11-15T13:55:27ZengRamanujan College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IndiaRamanujan International Journal of Business and Research2455-59592583-01712022-07-01715271https://doi.org/10.51245/rijbr.v7i1.2022.574Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverabilityDr. Mahima Thakur0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4861-8654Mr. Rahel M. Schomaker1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0054-094XMs. Mohini Yadav2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0054-094XFaculty of Management Studies , University of DelhiGerman Research Institute for Public Administration , SpeyerSri Venkateswara College, University of DelhiThis empirical investigation attempts to trace the HR function enablers that contributed to organisational recoverability during the COVID19 crisis. The study adopts a dual approach of gaining the employee perspective as well as HR perspective of ten organisations operating in the national capital region of Delhi, India. A causal survey design was adopted to gain employee perspective through the analysis of quantitative data. The dependent variable of organisational recoverability was studied in relation to the independent variables of HR communication, HR support, HR collaboration, HR agility, HR anticipation of a crisis, and employee engagement. In the second phase of the study, HR managers of ten organisations were interviewed to gain insights into HR initiatives during COVID19. The quantitative data was subjected to machine learning analysis (Rstudio, Random Forest) & qualitative data was analysed through content analysis. The results indicate that Employee Engagement, HR support, HR agility, & HR anticipation of crisis emerged as predictors for organisational recoverability. The emerging themes of qualitative interviews were - HR initiatives, HR communication, HR empowerment, employee engagement, knowledge management, and organisational learning. The study has implications for HR professionals and academicians.https://rijbr.in/1/article/view/574/232human resourceemployee engagementmachine learningcovid19 |
| spellingShingle | Dr. Mahima Thakur Mr. Rahel M. Schomaker Ms. Mohini Yadav Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability Ramanujan International Journal of Business and Research human resource employee engagement machine learning covid19 |
| title | Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability |
| title_full | Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability |
| title_fullStr | Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability |
| title_short | Responding To The Clarion Call Of COVID-19: A study of impact of HR function and employee engagement on post-crisis organisation recoverability |
| title_sort | responding to the clarion call of covid 19 a study of impact of hr function and employee engagement on post crisis organisation recoverability |
| topic | human resource employee engagement machine learning covid19 |
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