Impact of Covid-19 on Training and Development

This research paper explores how training and development in the field of Human Resource Management (HRM) has been impacted due to COVID-19. For this a hypothesis testing using chi-square test was conducted to understand whether skill development working from home is dependent on preference of training. Post analysis the hypothesis was tested to be affirmative viz. there is an association between the two variables mentioned above. Along with the hypothesis testing, a reliability test using Cronbach’s Alpha was conducted. It proved that the couple of cases taken for testing were reliable and significant. The data collection is based on primary as well as secondary data collected by the researchers. A study through a questionnaire was administered and the analysis was inferred in the case of primary data. In the case of secondary data, data was collected from business papers and through authorized sites over the internet. The study explored to prove the alternate hypothesis, which eventually led to the null hypothesis being accepted. The data collected was from 44 sample and is a quantitative study as well as qualitative type.