The Role of Human Resource Management Towards Employees Retention During Covid-19 Pandemic in Medical Supplies Sector - Egypt

Abstract

The introduction of the report has mentioned the aim of this research. As per the introductory part, the aim of this research paper is to examine the role of Human Resources Management (HRM) towards the employees as far as curbing the adverse impact of Covid-19 is concerned. The Literature Review has mentioned the theories of motivation that impacts on the retention level of the employees, along with the studies conducted in the same domain. Some of the studies have been included in which strategies of the companies have mentioned to curb the negative impacts of Covid-19. The quantitative method has been utilized for the same research in which a total of 140 respondents have been selected on the scale of non-probability sampling. Descriptive Statistics and Correlation are the statistical metrics used for the same purpose. From the analysis, it is found that HR managers should play their role in maximizing the satisfaction level of their employees, and the major elements are mentioned in the analysis part. Workplace Guidelines & Support and Access to Information and Financial benefits are some of the main elements that should have been considered by the entities for maximizing their income potential and values accordingly.

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“…In this case, most organizations were not able to provide their employees enough information about their management plan or their intended reactions toward the pandemic (Elsafty & Ragheb, 2020), while having clear workplace guidelines during hard times helps to reduce employees' stress and to increase their motivation and confidence (Wong, Ho, Wong, Cheung, & Yeoh, 2020). The study of Elsafty and Ragheb (2020) showed that access to information and the update related to the pandemic is associated significantly with employees' retention. Nonetheless, it might be difficult to achieve it if organizations are not able to get this information, especially when they are in a reactive and survival mode, due to the novelty of this pandemic.…”

“…In this context, organizations that were facing financial difficulties due to this pandemic have adopted downskilling by cutting back on recruitment of high-skill jobs more than low-skill jobs, to reduce their costs and try to sustain their business (Campello et al, 2020); they have frozen or cut back all their recruitment; or they have laid off their employees (Campello et al, 2020;Giupponi & Landais, 2020). Indeed, millions of people found themselves unemployed due to the COVID-19 outbreak (Blustein et al, 2020;Elsafty & Ragheb, 2020). Cheng et al (2020) pointed out that the employment activities have increased after the companies' reopening in some US states mainly due to the return to work of employees, after lockdown, to their physical workplace.…”

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