ABSTRACT
COVID 19 outbreak created a huge change in our socioeconomic structure. The orientation toward life of common people changed significantly because of growing health-related and economic concern arising out of pandemic situation. The pandemic is also causing great level of stress and anxiety because of a number of factors such as fear of infection, loss of livelihood, and prevailing uncertainty. This chapter used secondary and primary research involving Focus Group Discussion (FGD) technique and Questionnaire Survey with Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A) and Rating Scale to explore the relationship between age, gender, occupational profile, and work experience with anxiety level of working professionals and students. It also tried to find out the impact psychological disturbance could have on the productivity, quality of work, interpersonal communication, relationship, motivation, and self-esteem among the professionals during pandemic period. The findings revealed that professionals suffered from stress and anxiety because of pandemic situation. It also explored the level of anxiety and workplace factors for different profiles. This chapter then discussed about the roles that HR professionals could play to overcome such problems.
