Title: Impact of human resource crisis management on university faculty performance in e-technology during COVID-19

Authors: Angurbala Mishra; Subhasmita Biswal; Chandrakant Mallick; Bijay Kumar Paikaray

Addresses: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India ' Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India ' Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Gandhi Institute of Technological Advancement (GITA) Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar, India ' Centre for Data Science, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

Abstract: The pandemic brings everything into society; it hinders all concerns of society and the education system. But society has to overcome any situation to work-from-home using the platform of online classes, this forces the university to improvise quickly and adopt online teaching methods. This study was to evaluate the effects of HR practices that allow faculty members to work-from-home on their performance under the challenging COVID-19 conditions. Faculty from several universities in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, participated in the study. This study addressed a gap in the limited body of research regarding the effects of different HR representatives when working remotely during a lockdown to control the COVID-19 pandemic. This article demonstrates the strong correlation between HR practices using the principle of reinforcement. The findings of this study offer guidance for enhancing HR practices so that university faculties can perform at a high level when working remotely.

Keywords: human resource management; HRM; work-from-home; performance appraisal; employee participation; employee performance; e-technology.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIMS.2025.144350

International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services, 2025 Vol.11 No.1, pp.58 - 72

Received: 24 Dec 2023
Accepted: 27 Jan 2024
Published online: 10 Feb 2025 *