Example human resource management dissertation topic 5:

A comparative study relating to the adoption of e-HRM process in gas and oil companies within Kuwait.

Zafar (2010) opines that the rising number of employers, employees and HRM procedures has meant that effective policies of e-HRM have become imperative so that the challenges facing HRM practitioners in the next decade can be overcome in order to meet the HR challenges of the 21st century. Given the need for the retention of skilled foreign nationals within the gas and oil industry sector of Kuwait, this dissertation applies the work of Zafar and others to the sector and accordingly investigates not only current e-HRM practices but how its use and applications can be further increased and improved.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Keebler, T. and Rhodes, W. (2002) ‘E-HR becoming the “’path of least resistance”’, Employment Relations Today, Vol. 29(2), pp. 57-66.
• Ruël, H.J.M., Bondarouk, T. and Looise, J.C. (2004) ‘E-HRM: Innovation or irritation? An explorative empirical study in five large companies on web-based HRM’, Management Revue, Vol. 15, pp. 364-380.
• Zafar, J. (2009) E-Human resource management: A case study of the State Bank in Pakistan. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.