Human Resource Management in COVID-19 Pandemic Times

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Gregorio Calderon Hernandez

University of Manizales

Andrés Alberto Osorio-Londoño

University of Manizales - School of Business

Héctor Mauricio Serna-Gómez

Universidad de Manizales - School of economics, business and accounting

Date Written: June 15, 2021

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore how human resource management has responded to the worldwide COVID-19 crisis. Although in the previous literature, the reaction of human resource management to economic and financial crises has been thoroughly analyzed, little is known about how this organizational function adapts to crises caused by COVID-19 pandemic. In order to achieve the purpose of this article, a literature review was carried out, and its results were structured in accordance with the human resource management system conception and the AMO framework for human resource policies and practices. As a result, this article identifies changes the in human resource management system architecture and human resource policies and practices, in order to adequately respond to the crisis caused by a COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: human resource management, human resource management practices, pandemic, management crisis, COVID-19, SARS-COV-2

JEL Classification: M51, M21, M52, M50, M54

Suggested Citation

Calderon Hernandez, Gregorio and Osorio-Londoño, Andrés Alberto and Serna-Gómez, Héctor Mauricio, Human Resource Management in COVID-19 Pandemic Times (June 15, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3867826 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3867826

Gregorio Calderon Hernandez

University of Manizales ( email )

Carrera 9a # 19-03 Campo Hermoso
https://umanizales.edu.co/
Manizales, Caldas
Colombia

Andrés Alberto Osorio-Londoño

University of Manizales - School of Business ( email )

Manizales
Colombia

Héctor Mauricio Serna-Gómez (Contact Author)

Universidad de Manizales - School of economics, business and accounting ( email )

Carrera 9 19 - 03
Manizales
Colombia
+5768879680 (Phone)

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