Conceptualising the Future of HRM and Technology Research

Tanya Bondarouk () and Chris Brewster ()
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Tanya Bondarouk: School of Management and Governance, Universiteit Twente, Netherlands

John H Dunning Centre for International Business Discussion Papers from Henley Business School, University of Reading

Abstract: This paper examines the role of information technology (IT) directly on one central aspect of work in the twenty-first century, its impact on human resource management (HRM) itself. We use the long-established 'Harvard' model of HRM, offering a more contextualised view of HRM, a more expansive view of stakeholders, and a wider and more long-term approach to outcomes. Applying those principles to the literature on IT and HRM helps us clarify both the advantages and disadvantages to different stakeholders of the intersection between HRM and technology. We show that rapid technological developments offer a new, smart, digital context for HRM practices with the better quality HRM data and enabling a strong HRM ownership by all stakeholders. At the same time, we see a tension in HRM responsibilities between HRM professionals and organizational members who are not directly assigned HRM tasks but are the subject of them. On the basis of that analysis we offer suggestions for future research.

Keywords: information technology; human resource management; contextual HRM; multi-stakeholder perspective; e-HRM; HRM outcomes; Harvard approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-11
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