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E-HRM: Innovation or Irritation. An Explorative Empirical Study in Five Large Companies on Web-based HRM

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  • Huub Ru‰l

    (Utrecht University)

  • Tanya Bondarouk

    (Twente University)

  • Jan Kees Looise

    (Twente University)

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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 the 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.

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  • Huub Ru‰l & Tanya Bondarouk & Jan Kees Looise, 2004. "E-HRM: Innovation or Irritation. An Explorative Empirical Study in Five Large Companies on Web-based HRM," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 15(3), pages 364-380.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:1861-9908_mrev_2004_03_ruel
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    Keywords

    Electronic Human Resource Management; Human Resource Management; Information Technology; Explorative Case Studies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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