Electronic HRM in the Smart Era

Tanya Bondarouk is Professor of Human Resource Management and the head of the department of HRM at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. She also works as the Associate Editor for the International Journal of Human Resource Management and as the co-editor of the Advanced Series in Management (Emerald Publishers). She has been working on the research area of Electronic HRM, and has edited a number of special issues in international journals on this topic. Her main publications concern an integration of Human Resource Management and social aspects of Information Technology Implementations and appear in the International Journal of HRM, Personnel Review, European Journal of Management, European Journal of Information Systems. Her research covers both private and public sectors and deals with a variety of areas such as the implementation of e-HRM, management of HR-IT change, HRM contribution to IT projects, roles of line managers in e-HRM, implementation of HR Shared Service Centers. Huub Ruel is Professor of International Business at The Hague Hospitality Business School, director of the International Business and Diplomacy Academy (IBDA) and a research affiliate at the University of Twente, The Netherlands. His research focuses on the intersection between international business and international relations in particular on export promotion and diplomacy, competences for international business and on business diplomacy competences and instruments. Furthermore, his research focuses on international human resource management and technology. Huub Ruel publishes in international journals and books and has guest edited several special issues for research journals.
Emma Parry is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cranfield School of Management, UK. She is also a Visiting Fellow at Westminster Business School, Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Employment Studies and an Academic Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Emma's research interests focus on the impact of the changing context on managing people, in particular the influence of technological advancement, national context and demographic change. She is the author or editor of six books, numerous articles in high quality academic journals and speaks regularly at academic and practitioner conferences.