The effect of the covid-19 crisis on human resources management practises: Study on human resources workers in different sectors in Ankara

The impact of the COVID-19 crisis process, which occured from Wuhan, China, in December 2019, is observed on a global scale and in many areas. This new process not only necessitates the development of new management practices in the field of work, but also leads to changes in some practices. Therefore, revealing the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on human resources practices is important in terms of understanding how this process should be managed. Therefore, in order to keep the crisis caused by the pandemic under control and in order to realize improvements in human resources management practices, it is necessary to first study its effects and make the necessary arrangements in this direction. In this study; it is aimed to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the human resource management (HRM) practices. In this context, the COVID-19 crisis experiences of Human Resources employees in different sectors were examined. Semi-structured interview technique, one of the qualitative research techniques, was applied as a data collection tool. The related study aims to shed light on the improvement of regulations in this area by examining the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the HRM practices and to guide the crises that may occur in the future. The research includes a literature review on crisis management, HRM practices and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on HRM practices. The results of the research were formed according to the findings obtained by interviewing the human resources employees on the subject. According to the data obtained from human resources employees, human resources management practices that are heavily affected by the COVID-19 crisis are "Workforce Planning and Recruitment", "Salary Management and Benefits" and "Health and Safety". Based on this information, it has been concluded that the COVID-19 crisis mainly has an impact on the stated human resources management practices.