The applications, advantages and challenges in the implementation of HRIS in Pakistani perspective

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to find the applications, advantages and challenges of human resource information system (HRIS) from different sectors of Pakistan. It also finds the demographic perspective of HRIS.

Design/methodology/approach

Questionnaire was adopted from previous studies. Responses were gathered through social websites and physically. The questionnaire was sent to 491 respondents from which only 99 responded. Reliability, t-testing and chi-square were used for the analysis.

Findings

Result shows that HRIS is widely used in Pakistani organizations for the purpose of accessing employees’ information, absence monitoring and performance appraisal to get quick responses to information, reduction of error and paperwork. It helps standardizing the program and manpower requirement, but lack of commitment by the lower management is the most significant barrier for its implementation because of fear of change by them. It is also found that there is no association between gender and adoption of HRIS but different employment position perceives differently the adoption of HRIS.

Research limitations/implications

The research is limited to the Pakistani organizations. The research paper is useful for the Pakistani human resources professionals, as it gives the local perspective of HRIS.

Originality/value

The previous results are from the developed countries and there is merely any reliable paper found on the several aspects of HRIS in Pakistani context. The research has also focused on the demographic variables that are employment position and gender with respect to their perception on the adoption of HRIS.

Citation

Khan, H., Hussainy, S.K., Khan, K. and Khan, A. (2017), "The applications, advantages and challenges in the implementation of HRIS in Pakistani perspective", VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 47 No. 1, pp. 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-01-2016-0005