HRM and e-HRM in Kuwait and the e-HRM readiness in Kuwait
Woerd, Luke te (2009)
This is a research about the Human Resource Management, the e-HRM and the e-HRM readiness of
companies in Kuwait. The purpose of the research is to get more insights of Human Resource
Management in Kuwait and give the readers more information about the situation in Kuwait. There is
not enough literature about HRM in Kuwait, so this research will give a good view of the HRM, the e-
HRM and the e-HRM readiness of companies in Kuwait.
In the research the following interview questions have been answered:
Main question: “What are the characteristics of HRM in Kuwait? And to what extent are companies in
Kuwait ready for e-HRM?”
And the sub questions:
- “What is HRM and e-HRM?”
- “What are the characteristics of HRM and e-HRM in Kuwait?”
- “What is e-HRM readiness and to what extend is Kuwait e-HRM ready?”
The findings are based on the interviews with the HR-managers from the following six companies: Al-
Sayer Group, Golfcryo, Caribou Coffee, Independent Petroleum Group, Diyar United Company and
Yiaco Medical. The companies are very diverse and they are selected with the purpose to get a
representative mix of companies in different sectors, originally from different countries and with
different sizes.
To analyze the HRM, e-HRM and the e-HRM readiness were several models, types and practices
used. The research takes care of the following aspects of HRM: inflow of personnel, run-through of
personnel, outflow of personnel, Harvard vs. Michigan model, contradiction between Personnel
Management and HRM, types of HRM, e-HRM in Kuwait and e-HRM readiness.
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