Information Science Reference Handbook of Research on E-Transformation and Human Resources Management Technologies: Organizational Outcomes and Challenges

Digital advancements and discoveries are now challenging traditional human resource management services within businesses. The Handbook of Research on E-Transformation and Human Resources Management Technologies: Organizational Outcomes and Challenges provides practical, situated, and unique knowledge on innovative e-HRM technologies that add competitive advantage to organizations. This Handbook of Research expands on theoretical conceptualizations of e-HRM useful to researchers, academicians, and human resource managers. About the Author Tanya Bondarouk is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She holds two PhDs: in Didactics (1997) and Business Administration/HRM (2004). Since 2002 she has been busy with the emerging research area of Electronic HRM. Her main publications concern an integration of human resource management and social aspects of information technology implementations. Her research covers both private and public sectors and deals with a variety of areas such as the implementation of e-HRM, management of HR-IT change, HRM contribution to IT projects, roles of line managers in e-HRM, implementation of HR Shared Service Centers. She has conducted research projects with the Dutch Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Relations, Dow Chemical, Ford, IBM, ABN AMRO bank, Shell, Unit4Agresso. Among her current research projects are Implementation of HR Shared Service Centers at the Dutch Ministry of Defense, Essent (Dutch Energy Supplier), Large Non-academic Hospital, and the Belgian Federal Public Health Service. Since 2006 she is involved in organizing European Academic Workshops on e-HRM, and international workshops on HRIS. Ewan Oiry is assistant professor in human resources management at University of Mediterran�e and at Institute of Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology (LEST � UMR CNRS 6123). He is actually responsible of an MBA and a national thematic think tank on the subject of competencies management. He published several books and articles on HRM and appraisal systems. He works on the theme of construction and uses of management tools (especially electronic management tools). He is also member of the Organizing Committee of the first and second European Academic Workshop on e-HRM. Karine Guiderdoni-Jourdain is in a Phd position, in management scienceat the Institute of Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology (LEST � Unit� mixte de recherche CNRS 6123), under the direction of Ariel Mendez, professor of management science in the University of Mediterranean (Aix-Marseille 2). (LEST � Unit� mixte de recherche CNRS 6123). Her doctoral research is focused on the appropriation of a specific ICT, an HR Intranet by the middle management. She is the author of several communications in scientific conferences and chapters in books on the topics of e-HRM. She is also member organizing Committee of the first and secondEuropean Academic Workshop on E-HRM. Huub Ru�l works as an assistant professor of HRM and international management at the University of Twente, before that � at the Kuwait-Maastricht Business School (Kuwait), and the University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). He holds a PhD in Business Administration/Human Resource Management. His thesis focused on implementation of IT�s in office-environments. After that his main research focus became e-HRM, combining his IT and HRM knowledge. In 2004 he published a book E-HRM: Innovation or Irration, together with Dr. Tanya Bondarouk, in which the results of e-HRM implementation in five large international companies were described. Articles derived from this e-HRM study have been published in academic and professional journals.