Human resource management in times of crisis: what have we learnt from the recent pandemic?

Newman, Alexander, Ferrer, Justine, Andresen, Maike and Zhang, Yucheng (2023) Human resource management in times of crisis: what have we learnt from the recent pandemic? International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34 (15), 2857-2875. (doi:10.1080/09585192.2023.2229100).

Record type: Editorial

Abstract

This article reviews the body of empirical work on human resource management in times of crisis, including that which was conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and that which has been published since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Following this, we introduce the special issue, summarizing the six articles included. Finally, we present a comprehensive agenda for future research on how to manage human resources during times of crisis based on the insights from the review and our own knowledge of the literature.

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Accepted/In Press date: 21 June 2023

e-pub ahead of print date: 28 June 2023

Published date: 22 August 2023

Additional Information: Funding Information: Yucheng Zhang recieved financial support provided by the National Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 71972065 and 72272048) and the Ministry of Education of PRC (Grant No. 21JHQ088).

Keywords: Human resource management, pandemic, times of crisis

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