An exploratory study of factors affecting employee engagement in the IT sector during pandemic using regression analysis

The pandemic situation caused by COVID-19 has forced most IT companies in India to conduct work from home until 2021. Organizations have thought that by shifting the workspace from office to home, they would be able to combat the pandemic situation. The shift of the workplace during the pandemic has augmented employee anxiety, stress and burnout, which have further resulted in employee disengagement. The regression analysis has been used to study the impact of COVID-19 and identify the key drivers that largely impacted employee engagement during the pandemic. The present study has tried to lay a foundation for investigating employee engagement amid the pandemic and post-pandemic mainly in the IT sector.