THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL COVID 19 PANDEMIC ON THE SELECTED PRACTICES OF HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PERFORMANCE OF TOURISM COMPANIES
This article focuses on human resources management in relationship to organizational performance in global Covid 19 pandemic times, particularly in the tourism companies operating in the Slovak Republic. From the theoretical part, the paper focuses on the evaluation of the situation in hospitality caused by Covid 19 in tourism companies in the current business environment and look at the more detailed human resources management, as many scholars point to some irregularities. The paper also presents the research results that was carried out on 274 respondents of managers who work in hospitality and the other sectors in this field. For research purposes, we suggested and tested the research hypothesis to analyze the statistically significant relationship between the impact of Covid 19 on the selected human resource management practices and the performance development of tourism companies in the Slovak Republic. There were the following practices: recruitment and selection of employees, education (training) and development, evaluation and management of employees performance, rewarding and employee participation. The hypothesis was verified by correlation analysis with the use of inductive statistic. The hypothesis was verified at the end. The article points at the fact, that the procedures and practices of human resources are affected by Covid 19, as the other sector of human resources management. Also, the impact of Covid 19 affects the changes in the performance development of tourism companies operating in the Slovakia.