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Analysis of Onboarding Practices in India: A Proposal for Post Pandemic Scenario


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1 Assistant Professor in Indian Institutes of Management Sambalpur, Odisha, India
2 Assistant Professor XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India
3 Doctoral Student from Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, India
     

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COVID-19 pandemic is altering the work scenario across industries and the future work scenario will demand a high virtual component. The traditional activities undertaken as part of onboarding might be inappropriate in the post-pandemic scenario. The objective of this paper is to develop an onboarding approach that is conducive to the future virtual work scenario. Qualitative analysis of the information gathered from public sources is done based on which a new onboarding framework is proposed. The proposal is rooted in data and theoretically coherent. This paper is a novel attempt to provide initial direction for future researchers and practitioners in the field of human resource practices.
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Authors

Varun Elembilassery
Assistant Professor in Indian Institutes of Management Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Shreyashi Chakrabarty
Assistant Professor XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, India
Uma Shankar Rangaswamy
Doctoral Student from Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, India

Abstract


COVID-19 pandemic is altering the work scenario across industries and the future work scenario will demand a high virtual component. The traditional activities undertaken as part of onboarding might be inappropriate in the post-pandemic scenario. The objective of this paper is to develop an onboarding approach that is conducive to the future virtual work scenario. Qualitative analysis of the information gathered from public sources is done based on which a new onboarding framework is proposed. The proposal is rooted in data and theoretically coherent. This paper is a novel attempt to provide initial direction for future researchers and practitioners in the field of human resource practices.

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