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Human Resource Information Systems: A Current Assessment
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Human resource information systems (HRIS) have become a major MIS subfunction within the personnel areas of many large corporations. This article traces the development of HRIS as an entity independent of centralized MIS, assesses its current operation and technological base, and considers its future role in the firm, especially its relationship to the centralized MIS function. The results of a survey of HRIS professionals from 171 U.S. corporations are described in order to provide an overview of the current design, operation, and effectiveness of HRIS. The findings of the survey are discussed in terms of their implications for management of human resource information systems.
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Metadata
- Authors
- DeSanctis, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Corresponding author
- DeSanctis, Gerardine
- Venue
- MIS Quarterly
- Publisher
- MIS Quarterly
- Published
- 1986-03-01
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 15-27
- ISSN
- 0276-7783 (ISSN-L)
- 2162-9730
- OpenAlex
- W1760209353
- Cited by
- 281
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 18 · 2013: 15 · 2012: 28
- FWCI
- 3.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- MIS Quarterly (publishedVersion)
- Journal of the Association for Information Systems (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Employer Branding and e-HRM
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › AI and HR Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development
- Keywords
- human resource information systems, centralized information system, personnel management, large corporations
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