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Resource Orchestration Theory and the Configuration of Electronic Human Resources Management

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Exploring Digital Resilience (ItAIS 2021)

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Electronic human resources management (e-HRM) as a field has been developed on an exploratory basis, thus lacking theoretical foundations. Research into its theoretical underpinnings is therefore needed. Research orchestration theory (ROT) is an expansion of resource-based theory. It considers managers’ roles in the selection and configuration of resources, and it aims to explain the process of achieving a competitive advantage and exploiting the dynamic capabilities of resource configuration. This study is based on Strohmeier’s [34] framework and focuses on the configuration of e-HRM and its underlying elements: actors, strategies, activities, and technologies. We propose ROT as a solid foundation for the empirical investigation of e-HRM.

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Pizzolitto, E., Verna, I. (2022). Resource Orchestration Theory and the Configuration of Electronic Human Resources Management. In: Cuel, R., Ponte, D., Virili, F. (eds) Exploring Digital Resilience. ItAIS 2021. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 57. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10902-7_3

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