Dissertation on COVID-19 Impact on Employee Willingness at E&Y

This dissertation investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employee willingness to perform their roles and duties within Ernst & Young (E&Y). The research aims to identify the challenges faced by employees during the pandemic, examine the measures taken by E&Y to mitigate these challenges, and determine the overall impact on employee willingness. Employing a positivism research philosophy and a deductive approach with a survey research strategy, the study uses quantitative data collected through frequency distribution analysis. The findings indicate that COVID-19 has had both positive and negative impacts on employee willingness, with major challenges including difficulties in working from home, communication issues, lack of collaboration, and maintaining work-life balance. The study concludes with recommendations for E&Y to prevent stigma and discrimination in the workplace and to unlock the potential for collaboration and innovation.

Research/
Dissertation/Thesis

Content
• Introduction
• Literature Review
• Methodology
• Data analysis/discussion
• Conclusion
• Recommendation

INTRODUCTION
• Covid 19 is a pandemic situation that negatively hits on an
individual, organisations and industry.
• This situation also influenced the willingness of employee towards
performing their roles and duties within organisation.
• An employee within an organisation is a person who is paid to work
for a company or for another person.
• In an organisation, there are various roles and duties performed by
employees.

Research aim and objectives
Research aim:
The aim of the present study is “To identify the influence of COVID-19 on willingness of
employee towards performing their roles and duties within organisation”. A study on
E&Y
Research Objectives:
• To recognise the issues faced by employees during COVID-19 in executing their roles
and duties within E&Y.
• To examine the measures taken by E&Y to mitigate the challenges faced by their
employees during COVID-19.
• To determine the impact of COVID-19 on employee willingness towards performing
their roles and duties in E&Y.

LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Omar, Ishak and Jusoh, 2020, there are various issues faced by
employees during Covid 19 pandemic in executing their roles and duties within E
& Y.
According to Giorgi, Lecca, Alessio and Mucci, 2020, there are various measures taken
by E & Y in order to mitigate the challenges faced by their employees during Covid
19.
According to Matulevicius, Kho, Reisch and Yin, 2021, there are positive as well as
the negative impact of Covid 19 on employee’s willingness towards performing
their roles and duties in E & Y.

Methodology
Research philosophy: Positivism
Research approach: Deductive
Research strategy: Survey
Research choice: Quantitative
Time horizon: Cross-sectional
Data collection: Primary and secondary
Data analysis: Frequency distribution analysis
Sampling: 5 small entrepreneurs from UK through probability sampling

DATA ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATIONS
Q.1. What is the impact of COVID-19 over
employee willingness?
Frequency
a) Positive impact 10
b) Negative impact 20
a) Positive impact b) Negative impact
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
10
20

DATA ANALYSIS AND
INTERPRETATIONS
Q.2. What are the major challenges faced by employees during COVID-19 at the time
of executing their roles and responsibilities?
Frequency
a) Challenges in performing Work from home 6
b) Lack in communication and proper interaction 8
c) Lack of collaboration and integration among activities 4
d) Lack in coordination and cooperation among teams 5
e) Difficulty in maintaining work life balances 7
0
2
4
6
8 6
8
4 5
7

• It is concluded that employee management is an important concept
to learn and study so that its applications can be applied in the actual
world organizations.
• This is because it is important for the companies to consider the
employee willingness towards their roles and responsibilities. So
that improvements can be made accordingly. It also supports in the
decision making process while conducting the training sessions for
the employees.
CONCLUSION

• It is recommended that the E&Y must prevent the stigma and
discrimination in the workplace so that positive culture can be
maintained in the working environment of the employees.
• Company must unlock the potential for collaboration and
teaming up along with the innovative activities with new
thoughts and ideas.
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