Determinants of the implementation of HRIS applications business organisations in Jordan/ Rand Al-Dmour

This research investigated the extent to which a firm's internal and external environmental determinants influence the implementation of its HRIS. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, a conceptual framework that brought together the major factors thought to influence the firm’s extent of implementing HRIS applications was developed. The key factors were presented under two broad dimensions: internal (e.g. Management's expectations and organization's dynamic Capabilities) and external (e.g. Social influences and industry characteristics) environmental factors. The data for this research were collected through structured-directed interviews with 236 respondents. The target respondents were business organizations in Jordan, and the key respondent approach was employed. The primary data was analyzed by a variety of multivariate statistical techniques including multiple regression analysis and correlations. The results show that 93% of the variance of the level of implementing HRIS applications could be explained by this combination, while the internal and external dimension could each explain only 90% and 62% of the variance of the level of implementing HRIS applications respectively. The research results indicate that the internal environmental dimension produces better explanation of the variation of the level of implementing HRIS applications than the external environmental dimension. In other words, factors existing inside the boundary of the organization (internal factors) are more critical to the firm's level of implementing HRIS applications than those related to its external environment