Adopting and deploying electronic human resource management (e-HRM) technologies triggers many employee and organizational benefits at the operational and strategic levels. However, accumulating evidence shows that e-HRM deployment alone does not guarantee the intended outcomes. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effect of e-HRM on job satisfaction and task performance through the intervening mechanism of the digitalization climate.
The authors collected data from 221 public office employees in Qatar. Results were obtained via an online questionnaire and analyzed using structural equation modeling.
The results suggest that e-HRM has a direct effect on job satisfaction, and the digitalization climate partially mediates this effect, while the impact of e-HRM on task performance is fully mediated by the digitalization climate.
The study provides insights for Qatari managers and employees on the importance of using e-HRM at their workplace.
Studies on e-HRM in the Middle Eastern context are underdeveloped. Therefore, this study contributes to the literature by being one of the few studies examining the effects of e-HRM on employee outcomes. In addition, the HRM literature has not investigated the digitalization climate.
