The main purposes of this study are to explore the extent to which public Jordanian universities have adopted Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and to examine the current HRIS uses, benefits and barriers in these universities. A structured questionnaire was constructed based on other previous studies, it also pre-tested, modified and translated to capture data from HRIS users in Jordania...

This study examines the important roles that human resources (HR) for information technology (IT) professionals and systems (IS) practices all workers in an organization play shaping returns on firms’ IT investments. In particular, we consider how incentives, autonomy, training can enable a firm to better leverage value of its We argue well-trained, motivated, empowered help firms make strategi...

Tanzania’s public sectors have begun to use Information Systems (IS) in various HR functions over the last fifteen years due increased of and Communication Technology (ICT). Organisations are increasingly implementing Human Resource (HRIS) ensure that their human resources used efficiently (HR). The purpose this study is investigate practices adoption resource information systems sectors. areas...

The current paper explores designing a web information retrieval system regarding the searching behavior of users in real and everyday life. Designing an information system that is closely linked to human behavior is equally important for providers and the end users.  From an Information Science point of view, four approaches in designing information retrieval systems were identified as system-...

in modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. however, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dis...

The history of human resource information systems stretches to the 1960s, when human resource data were separated from payroll systems. In the 1980s, researchers and practitioners became more interested in human resource information systems, and in the 1990s several studies, articles, user experiences, opinions and descriptions were published in journals, magazines and on the internet. Still, d...

Design characteristics constitute a promising approach for supporting researchers and practitioners in developing, implementing and improving Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) to ensure the anticipated benefit for those firms which introduce and/or apply them. Constituting an intuitively appealing approach, the question how to understand and apply systematically such design characterist...