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Utilizing the PRISMA technique and NVivo software, 102 research articles were extracted and analyzed to highlight to overall achievement and movement of hospitality HRM research under the shadow of the COVID-19 crisis. Considering the main purpose of this study, which was to show the status and prospects, the findings indicated 309 free nodes and 26 secondary nodes based on grounded theory. 7 key themes clustered from the analysis and include \u201cenvironmental factors\u201d, \u201cindustrial factors\u201d, \u201cHRM practice\u201d, \u201corganization\u201d, \u201cemployee\u201d, \u201cexternal outcomes\u201d, and \u201cmethodology\u201d. The results demonstrated the COVID-19 pandemic driven HRM transformation. 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