... and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. Social connection/social isolation COVID-19...

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... distinct impact across various stages of their lifecycles. Using quantile regression for analysis equips the authors to effectively address extreme events such as the 2008 global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, making the method particularly suitable for conditionally distributed samples based...

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..., keeping their employees engaged and motivated. Practical implications Based on the learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, the study provides a toolkit of HRMP bundles that organisations can adopt for future crisis management, enhancing the organisations’ absorptive capacity. Originality/value...

... of positive and beneficial aspects for decision-making during a period of crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study in the literature aimed at investigating, by means of qualitative methodologies, the positive outcomes...

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...) and in public education in the USA (McGee and Edson, 2014). The impact of COVID-19 is mentioned in the closing paragraphs of the paper referring to the world entering its third year of the pandemic. Van Nuland et al. (2020) examined COVID-19 and its effects on teacher education in Ontario, Canada...

...., 2018). However, despite the spread of COVID-19, it is rather difficult to classify hospitality-related jobs as extreme. However, the context of work in the hospitality sector has become extreme due to the manifold influences of COVID-19 (Alonso et al., 2022). Prior scholars have...

... remote or hybrid working context is a necessity. Business schools Hiring practices Pandemic COVID-19 Campus recruitments Recruitments There are times when there is a major disruption that suddenly implies what worked so far is not going to work anymore, and you need a new playbook...

... and proactive. When a crisis occurs, suddenly firms tend to act reactively and progressively take proactive steps to manage the crisis. CSR can also be reactive and proactive during crisis situations. Against this backdrop, this paper aims to explore whether CSR during the COVID-19 pandemic moved from...

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... participation of women (45.2%) in the labour market compared to men (72%) (UNDP, 2020). Financial independence Women empowerment COVID-19 Domestic violence Theory of gender and power Social learning theory The contribution of women has been significant to the overall functioning of various...