Determinants of HRIS Adoption in Universities of North East India using SEMOPY

Abstract

This paper investigates factors that affect the adoption of the Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)  in Universities in the North Eastern region of India, namely Meghalaya and Assam. This study adopts the Technology, Organization, and Environment (TOE) framework, which comprises technological, organizational, and environmental factors. In addition, this paper also considered managerial characteristics as suggested by prior studies. A questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data from teaching and non-teaching staff of the universities of Assam and Meghalaya.  Structural equation modeling (SEM), a multivariate statistical analysis technique, is conducted with SEMOPY, a SEM package of  Python, to analyze structural relationships between variables under study. Exogenous variables include technological, organizational, environmental, and managerial characteristics and endogenous variable levels of ICT adoption. The results of SEM analysis show that few exogenous variables consisting of  technological, organizational, managerial Characteristics, and environmental  significantly influence the endogenous variable, i.e., the level of HRIS adoption. However, a few latent constructs of these  are not significant as the p-values are more  than the significance level. This study provides valuable insights for government and policymakers and Higher Education Institutes to develop strategies that  can promote and foster the adoption of HRIS.