Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Employees' Reaction to Changes on Employee Performance of Bangladesh

Abstract

The economic condition of Bangladesh damaged badly due to coronavirus. From May 2020 Bangladesh has started opens its business sectors to save the economy. The government imposes‘ new normal' rules for organizations to reduce the impact of coronavirus. This research has been conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 and its impact on employee's performance in Bangladesh. To accomplish this study ‘Employee's Reaction to Changes (ERC)' in employee performance has been measured. Employees from different industries have been studied. For this study online questioned was asked to 199 employees from different industries randomly. SPSS and Microsoft Excel used as a tool to find the result and visual presentation. The research findings explained that COVID-19 and Employee's Reactions to Changes have a significant negative impact on Employee's Performance. These ‘new normal' changes negatively affected employee's work concentration, way of communication, and concentration on work significantly. Based on these findings, discussion and future direction on reaction to changes has been provided.