HRIS Symbolic Adoption, Its Relationship With Technological Adoption Factors, WLB, and Creativity

The study examines the relationship between technology adoption factors (performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence) on employee's creativity and work-life balance. The further study examines the mediating role of the symbolic adoption of Human Resource Information System (HRIS) between the above-stated relationships in small to medium-size IT organizations. A sample of 311 information technology professionals working in small-to-medium organizations has been taken for analysis via a questionnaire method. Structural Equation Modeling results show that symbolic adoption partially mediated the relationship between performance expectancy and creativity. Additionally, it established a partial mediates relationship between performance expectancy, effort expectancy, with work-life balance. The study facilitates the HR department and professionals towards employees' symbolic adoption variable that enhances the acceptance of HRIS technology, employees' creativity, and better work-life balance. Further, detailed research implications and limitation has been discussed.