Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2020 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Leadership, , language: English, abstract: The purpose of this research is to explain the effect of the current pandemic on employee retention and, also, to evaluate the performance of the management and human resource development. This business report has been prepared and focused only on three strategic management theories that can be employed in order to minimize employee turnover during these unprecedented times. The main objective being targeted in this research is to assess how to ensure that employees are contributing efficiently and effectively to organizational goals through a virtual workplace and the techniques that the human resource department can employ in order to keep workers motivated and loyal to the organization. The project discusses the use of motivation theories such as Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, EVP; Resource based view and achievement of socio political goals of a corporation.