Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to e-HRM Implementations

Tanya Bondarouk

doi:10.1108/S1877-6361(2011)0000008005

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Advanced Series in Management

ISSN: 1877-6361
Series editor(s): Professor Miguel R. Olivas-Lujan and Dr Tanya Bondarouk

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Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to e-HRM Implementations

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Title:	Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to e-HRM Implementations
Author(s):	Tanya Bondarouk
Volume:	8 Editor(s): Tanya Bondarouk, Huub Ruël, Jan Kees Looise ISBN: 978-0-85724-973-9 eISBN: 978-0-85724-974-6
Citation:	Tanya Bondarouk (2011), Chapter 1 Theoretical Approaches to e-HRM Implementations, in Tanya Bondarouk, Huub Ruël, Jan Kees Looise (ed.) Electronic HRM in Theory and Practice (Advanced Series in Management, Volume 8), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.1-20
DOI:	10.1108/S1877-6361(2011)0000008005 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	There has been much research and many follow-up recommendations on how to introduce a new electronic human resource management (e-HRM) system to employees in order to avoid or minimize troubles during its implementation. However, implementation projects are known to be time consuming, indirect, and sometimes impulsive developments, leading to a mismatch between the initial ideas behind information technologies and the use in practice, the employees' perceptions and their experience. Paraphrasing Block, I put forward the following question: If I define successful e-HRM as one that is developed on-time and within budget, is reliable and easily maintained, and meets the specified requirements of HR professionals, line managers, and employees — how many organizations would acknowledge having successful e-HRM? (Block, R. (1983). The politics of project. New York: Yourdon Press). This chapter explores lessons from information technology (IT) studies that e-HRM researchers can learn and apply to better understand complex e-HRM implementation projects.