The Impact of HRMIS on Enterprise Social Capital: a View from Social Network

Abstract

Enterprise social capital refers to the social network which can bring its owner actual or promising resources based on mutual trust. This paper examined the impact of human resource management information system (HRMIS) on enterprise social capital from the perspective of social network by analyzing questionnaire research data of 119 human resource management professionals from 45 companies through T-test method. The results indicate that those enterprises whose employees have larger capabilities of using information technology and equipments will have denser social network. Thus it can be concluded that human resource management information system has the effect of increasing enterprise social capital.