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Benefits, barriers and risks – the role of technology in e-HRM implementations in public sector organisations: evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Mushfiqur Rahman
  • Erhan Aydin

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This paper aims at understanding the role of technology in e-HRM implementations by considering the focus of human agents and structural constraints of technology. In this respect, benefits-barriers-risks of technology is deemed to create a framework that demonstrates agency and structure relations based on the structuration theory of Giddens. A qualitative study was conducted. The data came from 30 semi-structured interviews that come from two different ministries in Bangladesh. The findings demonstrated that the focus of a human agent in implementing e-HRM and structural constraints of technology are the key findings based on the structuration theory of Giddens. The main contribution of this research is to bring a new perspective to e-HRM as considering barriers and risks of technology in addition to the benefits of it through adopting structuration theory. Thus, this research makes a comprehensive contribution to the e-HRM field that focuses on only benefits.

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  • Mushfiqur Rahman & Erhan Aydin, 2020. "Benefits, barriers and risks – the role of technology in e-HRM implementations in public sector organisations: evidence from Bangladesh," International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 20(3/4), pages 252-268.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhrdm:v:20:y:2020:i:3/4:p:252-268
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