Characteristics of Crisis Management Measures in the HR Area During the Pandemic in Hungary – Results of a Countrywide Survey of Organizations

The current paper is the second part of the study "Characteristics of Crisis Measures in the HR Area During the Pandemic in Hungary – Literature Review Methodology". Based on two waves of a questionnaire survey conducted during the first second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, this article presents prevalent HRM reactions Hungarian organisations (companies and institutions) and tests if these reactions are to the organisation's size (employee headcount and revenue), ownership and (main field of activity). The testing is conducted separately on two relatively large-representative samples (N1 > 300, N2 > 900) employing statistical (rank-correlation, rank-sum, and association) analyses. One of the characteristic changes the pandemic in the companies and institutions is that the functions of HRM have been expanded new activities (e.g. home office, health protection). The respondents indicated new efforts, especially after the second wave, such as replacing plans, new employees, and addressing employees' social problems. Our research also that smaller SMEs regard it as less important to maintain and operate an active function even during the pandemic. With the increase in organisational size (employee and revenue) home office, the new workplace safety and occupational health, the hiring freeze and downsizing are substantially more frequent at larger as opposed to smaller ones. We are aware of the fact that the practices applied a country of 10 million people during the pandemic have no substantial global influence; the same time, the experiences gained and presented here can expand and diversify the and toolkits applied in this area