E-HRM: Innovation or irritation. An explorative empirical study in five large companies on web-based HRM

Artikel

Technological optimistic voices assume that, from a technical perspective, the IT possibilities for HRM are endless: in principal all HR processes can be supported by IT. E-HRM is the relatively new term for this IT supported HRM, especially through the use of web technology. This paper aims at demystifying e-HRM by answering the following questions: what actually is e-HRM?, what are the goals of starting with e-HRM?, what types can be distinguished? and what are the outcomes of e-HRM? Based upon the literature, an e-HRM research model is developed and, guided by this model, five organizations have been studied that have already been on the 'e-HR road' for a number of years. We conclude that th e goals of e-HRM are mainly to improve HR's administrative efficiency/to achieve cost reduction. Next to this goals, international companies seem to use the introduction of e-HRM to standardize/harmonize HR policies and processes. Further, there is a 'gap' between e-HRM in a technical sense and e-HRM in a practical sense in the five companies involved in our study. Finally, e-HRM hardly helped to improve employee competences, but resulted in cost reduction and a reduction of the administrative burden.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Management Revue ; ISSN: 1861-9916 ; Volume: 15 ; Year: 2004 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 364-380 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Management
• Thema: Electronic Human Resource Management ; Human Resource Management ; Information Technology ; Explorative Case Studies ; Personalmanagement ; Informationstechnik

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Rüel, Huub ; Bondarouk, Tanya ; Looise, Jan Kees
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Rainer Hampp Verlag
• (wo): Mering
• (wann): 2004

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/78883
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ