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Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information Systems:
Challenges in e-HRM
Edited by
Teresa Torres-Coronas, PhD
Mario Arias-Oliva, PhD
Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
PROPOSAL DUE DATE: APRIL 30, 2006
Forward all proposals to:
teresa.torres@urv.net and
mario.arias@urv.net
The belief that the people working for a firm are
one of its main assets and one of the decisive
factors in determining its results is one that
leaves little room for argument. There is no
question regarding the fact that workers' qualities,
attitudes and behavior in the workplace go a long
way to accounting for a company's success or lack of
it. While this type of resource is one over which
companies do not have complete control, there do
exist certain instruments to enable them to exert
their influence on the quality and performance of
the human capital on which they rely. The human
resource information systems (HRIS) practices that
they adopt will have a vital influence in this area
and thereby on the results obtained by the firm.
Driven by significant internal and external forces,
HRIS has evolved from largely a maintenance
function, to what many scholars and practitioners
regard as a source of sustainable competitive
advantage for organizations. HRIS has become a key
vehicle for developing and improving organizational
effectiveness
The Encyclopedia of Human Resources Information
Systems: challenges in e-HRM will be a holistic but
rigorous analysis about key critical HR variables.
Our goal is to become a helpful reference for both
practitioners and academics. There are undiscovered
issues in HR field. This Encyclopedia can be used to
search for key concepts and further information
about any dimension related to managing people in
the information society. So, the general aims of
this Encyclopedia are to describe the current state
of HRIS in the ICT era and to provide new knowledge
on effective e-HRM practices.
COVERAGE: The Encyclopedia of Human Resources
Information Systems: challenges in e-HRM will
provide a compendium of terms, definitions and
explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms.
Additionally, this volume will feature shorts
articles (3,000-3,500) authored by leading experts
offering an in-depth description of key terms and
concepts related to different areas, issues and
trends in HRIS.
INVITED SUBMISSIONS: Individuals interested in
submitting short articles (3,000-3,500 words) on
suggested topics or other related topics in their
area(s) of interest should submit a proposal by NO
LATER THAN APRIL 30, 2006. We strongly encourage
other topics that have not been listed in our
suggested topic list, particularly if the topic is
related to the research area in which you have
expertise. Upon acceptance of your proposal, you
will have two months to prepare your article
(3,000-3,500 words) and 7-10 related terms and their
appropriate definitions. Guidelines for preparing
your short article and terms and definitions, as
well as a sample article and terms and definitions,
may be found on the web page of this project at
http://www.etse.urv.es/~ttorres/.
Please forward your proposal, including your name
and affiliation, to Teresa Torres and Mario Arias,
editors at
teresa.torres@urv.net and
mario.arias@urv.net by no later than April 30, 2006.
You will be notified about the status of your
proposed topics by May 30, 2006. This book is
tentatively scheduled for publishing by Idea Group
Reference,
www.idea-group-ref.com, in 2007