Review of Economics and Development Studies, Vol. 6 (4) 2020, 919 - 929
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Corona-19 Pandemic and the altering Dynamics of Human Resource Management: A
Multifarious Approach
Mohammad Akmal Pasha
a
, Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman
b
, Maria Kamran
c
a
PhD Scholar, Dept. of Leadership & Management Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad,
Pakistan
b
Associate Professor, National Defence University (Dept. of Leadership and Management Studies),
Islamabad Pakistan
Email: drziaofficial@gmail.com
c
MPhil Scholar, School of Economics, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan
Email: mariaziaofficial@gmail.com
ARTICLE DETAILS ABSTRACT
History:
Accepted 15 Dec 2020
Available Online 31 Dec 2020
This study is an attempt to bring forth some of the human resource
predicaments which will be ushered by the ubiquitous venom of the
Corona Virus. Regardless of the deliberation operating at the back of
Corona and the availability of the requisite vaccine, the executives need
to adapt themselves with the new paradigm and contemplate on the
enactment of novel and apposite ways of managing human capital. The
global economy is feared to sink such that the world might be coerced to
relive the 1930’s global recession; thus each economy is entwined in the
cruel jaws of havoc. The study presents various dimensions of the
pandemic and then after the analytic discussion, puts forth some
important suggestions for the reader that the resort lays in self-reliance,
caution and adaptability. Since the business activity is by and large a
function of superior human capital, the HRM interventions need to be
the most commensurate ones.
© 2020 The authors. Published by SPCRD Global Publishing. This is an
open access article under the Creative Commons Attribution-
NonCommercial 4.0
Keywords:
Corona Pandemic, HRM,
Pakistan, Global Economy,
Requisite Vaccine
JEL Classification:
I18,F01
DOI: 10.47067/reads.v6i4.290
Corresponding author’s email address: drziaofficial@gmail.com
1. Introduction
The HRM seems messed up in the event that the world economy has been jeopardized, like
contracts related to shipping, transportation, construction, tourism, textiles, chemicals, automobiles,
energy, and other industrial sectors maybe impacted. Some international law firms are also worried
about the performance of Belt and Road Projects. In Pakistan, the infected population comprises of 64
percent males and 36 percent females. Unemployment may plunge devastatingly. According to
International Labor Organization (ILO), there are 8.5 million domestic workers in Pakistan and this
pool forms one of the biggest source of employment in the informal economy, a majority of whom are
women and children and this renders HRM even more complicated.