Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM: Challenges in e-HRM

Torres-Coronas, Teresa · Arias-Oliva, Mario

Jul 2008 · IGI Global

About this eBook

Driven by significant internal and external forces, human resource management (HRM) has evolved from largely a maintenance function, to what many scholars and practitioners regard as a source of sustainable competitive advantage for organizations. In the information era, it is important for organizations to progressively incorporate technology into their processes.

The Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems: Challenges in e-HRM rigorously analyzes key critical HR variables and defines previously undiscovered issues in the HR field. With 132 articles from 180 of the world's leading experts on the state of HRM technology, this comprehensive reference source is essential to academic libraries and to practitioners and academics seeking to understand all dimensions related to managing people in the information society.

About the author

Teresa Torres-Coronas has a PhD in Business Administration and the recipient of the first prize in the 2000 EADA Management Research Awards. Her research focuses on the application of ICT and on the labour insertion of people with intellectual disabilities. Her notable contributions to educational innovation are evident in her leadership of a project at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, which garnered the 2016 Jaume Vicens Vives Award from the Autonomous Government of Catalonia. This award recognized the project’s innovative analysis, design, and learning processes, utilizing technology as a developmental tool for fostering transversal and professional competencies.Her commitment to inclusivity and skill development was further acknowledged in 2020 when she received the Jaume Vicens Vives Award for her project INSERLAB. This initiative is dedicated to assisting students with intellectual disabilities in acquiring the necessary skills to successfully integrate into the labor market.

Mario Arias Oliva, has a PhD in Management from Rovira Rovira i Virgili University. His PhD research was about Virtual Organizations. He took courses at Erasmus Universiteit Rótterdam as well as MBA courses at Rotterdam School of Management (Holland). He is professor at Rovira i Virgili University in the management area. Dr. Arias also collaborates with the Center for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University (UK) where he is an international research associate since (2002). He has conducted several research projects, including “Self-employment analysis in Spain” (Edited by the Spanish Economic Ministry) and The Relationship between Training Consultancy Organizational Design and Strategy:The Effects on Quality and Performance of Training Services (Edited by the Spanish Union “Unión General de Trabajadores, UGT”). Mario Arias has been invited speaker to several MBA programs, seminars, courses and international conferences. [Editor]