Influence of COVID-19 and employees’ response to deviations on employee enactment

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Abstract

Developing countries’ economies are in shambles as a result of the coronavirus. Developing countries like Bangladesh began opening its business sector in May 2020 in order to preserve the economy. To mitigate the effect of coronavirus, the government has implemented “new normal” guidelines for businesses. The primary goals of this research are to determine how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced employee performance and to determine the workers’ perspectives regarding the changes that have been made to their everyday lives. To complete this research, employee performance was assessed using the employee response to change (ERC) method. Employees from many sectors have been studied. For this research, 300 people from various sectors were surveyed online at random. The study was quantitative as well as exploratory. It was based solely on original data. The research used a non-probability sampling approach to collect data. The survey questionnaire was sent to those who replied via Google Forms. Results and visual representations are found using SPSS software and Microsoft Excel. COVID-19 and the reaction to employee changes have a considerable detrimental influence on employee performance, according to all of the study’s findings. The employee’s focus, communication, and attention to work are all adversely affected by these “new normal” alterations.

Keywords: COVID-19, Employee Reaction, Employee Performance, Employee Changes, Bangladesh

Authors’ individual contribution: Conceptualization — W.B.L.; Methodology — W.B.L., I.A., and E.A.; Data Curation — W.B.L., M.M.H., and M.M.A.; Writing — Original Draft — W.B.L., I.A., and E.A.; Writing — Review & Editing — M.M.H., M.M.A., and M.A.J.; Funding Acquisition — W.B.L., I.A., E.A., M.M.H., M.M.A., and M.A.J.

Declaration of conflicting interests: The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

JEL Classification: M11, M12

Received: 15.06.2022
Accepted: 27.03.2023
Published online: 29.03.2023

How to cite this paper: Latif, W. B., Ahammad, I., Ahmed, E., Hasan, M. M., Jalil, M. A., & Azad, M. M. (2023). Influence of COVID-19 and employees’ response to deviations on employee enactment. Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior Review, 7(2), 118–127. https://doi.org/10.22495/cgobrv7i2p10