ABSTRACT
This study aims to categorize research concepts related to strategic human resource management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through descriptive analysis and Nvivo-12 plus software assistance 49 Scopus indexed articles published by major publishers such as Emerald, MDPI, Sage, ScienceDirect, Springer, Taylor, and Francis were obtained. The results showed 76 concepts in resource management studies, strategic humans, during the COVID-19 pandemic and they were categorized in only one group. Furthermore, this research found that the dominant themes were Affective Commitment, Consistent Behavior, Employee Organizational Commitment, Employee Engagement, Organizations Involvement, Managerial Aspect, Human Resource Management System, HR Agent, HR Relationship, HR System, SHRM Dimension, SHRM Model, Organization Instrument, Organization Message, Organization Trust, and Sustainable HRM. The research significance is the discovery of the concept of human resource management studies strategy; therefore, it can assist in developing the conceptual framework of study in the future. In contrast, this study's limitation is that the reviewed articles are limited to 2020 and were only obtained from the Scopus database. Therefore, no data can be compared. Consequently, further research needs to use an analytical approach comparison involving the Scopus database and the Web of Sciences (WoS) and use the following years.
