Redefining Employee Experience during the Pandemic
- 1 Interactive Online Doctor of Business Administration, LIGS University, Honolulu, United States
Abstract
COVID-19 has impacted the way organizations operate their businesses as well as how they interact with their workforce . Employee experience is no longer a HR buzz word, but it has become an important driver in productivity and engagement at the workplace. The paper aims at identifying employees’ experiences during the pandemic and the approaches which the companies and managers have laid down to assist the employees during the period. More than ever, digital transformation has been an area where organizations are focusing on to ensure business continuity especially with a significant number of the world workforce working from home. The paper uses secondary data for in the analysis and analysis of existing studies to analyze the challenges affecting the employees’ experiences.
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