Abstract:
Human resource information systems (HRIS) have become a popular topic in the human
resource management and modern business context. Today, many organizations consider
HRIS is an essential as well as a profitable asset to the business. It is mainly due to the
available benefits of the HRIS to the organization are considerably larger and HRIS enables
HR departments to become more strategic than a service center to the organization.
When considering any kind of information systems, the users of information systems
play a vital role in achieving the objectives of implementing an information system.
Therefore, this study was conducted to analyze the impact of employee learning levels,
experience levels and their perception about information technology (IT) and how those
factors influence the effective use of HRIS. For this study 120 participants were selected
as the samples from apparel giants in Sri Lanka, where the response rate was 76% yielding
92 respondents to the survey.
Based on the collected data from the sample, descriptive and quantitative data analysis
techniques were used to analyze the data in order to arrive at the conclusion of this
study. Analysis of data interprets a positive relationship between perception and experience
of employees with the effective use of HRIS while education is having high positive
impact on the effective use of HRIS. However, further analysis of data depicts an impact of
the three above mentioned factors on effective use of HRIS. Since this study was based on
two apparel giants in Sri Lanka, it is worthwhile to conduct an extensive research having
a larger sample considering organizational culture, top management support and implementation
processes of HRIS therefore it would be interesting to study on those factors in
order to’enhance the existing literature.
