Human Resources Strategies for Academic Staff in State Universities During Covid-19 Period

Abstract

After the first detection of Covid-19 in Turkey on March 11, 2020, when health concerns were high, services had to continue without interruption. This requirement made the effective use of HRM critical, and HR strategies suitable for the Covid-19 period had to be developed. Especially in higher education institutions, which are the places where these strategies are produced in the theoretical sense, it arouses curiocity that which strategies are applied to academic staff. In this context, the study aims to reveal the human resources strategies implemented by state universities for academic staff during the Covid-19 period. In the study, 12 personnel department heads working in universities are selected as a sample from URAP success lists through purposive sampling. Qualitative content analyzes are conducted on the data obtained by applying the sampling semi-structured interview technique. Data visualization is made with MAXQDA 2020. As a result of the study, it is determined that digital HRM and virtual meeting strategies are applied to academic staff during the Covid-19 period. It is determined that talent management practices, organizational agility, cyber security, online training, remote auditing, uncertainty tolerance, and flexibility strategies are implemented to a certain a degree.

Keywords

• covid-19
• i̇nsan kaynakları yönetimi
• i̇nsan kaynakları stratejileri
• akademik personel
• covid-19
• human resources management
• human resources strategies
• academic staff