© DHAKA UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2024- December 2025
DOI:
Page No: 31-68, ISSN: 2221-2523
Mohammad Abdul Jabber1
Received on 27th Feb 2025, Accepted on 6th Aug 2025, Published on
Abstract: The increasing adoption of Human Resource Information Systems
(HRIS) in organizations has significantly transformed HR functions worldwide.
AlthoughHRIS research has been extensively conducted in developed
countries,studies in developing economies remain limited and mostly unexplored.
This review paper aims to identify the key trends, gaps, and future research
directions by critically analyzing thepublished literatureon HRIS particularly in
developing countries. Following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines, this study
identified and analyzed 90 peer-reviewed studies published between 2007 and
2025 from the Scopus and Web of Science databases. The bibliometric analysis
highlights an upward trend in HRIS research, with authors and sources
databases. Thematic synthesis uncovers four primary research domains, first,
HRIS adoption factors and challenges, second, HRIS impact on organizational
efficiency, third, HRIS and employee behavioral predisposition, and fourth, HRIS
improves HR functions. Moreover, HRISResearch in developing countries has
mostly relied on cross-sectional surveys. Therefore, the review underscores the
need for longitudinal and comparative studies, multi-level analyses, and
exploration of the strategic roles of HRIS. Accordingly, This study contributes to
the academic discourse by providing a structured synthesis of HRIS literature in
developing countries and proposing a future research agenda to address existing
knowledge gaps.
Keywords: Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), developing countries,
HR technology, adoption challenges, organizational efficiency, bibliometric
analysis.
1. Introduction
Recent trends in academia postulate that Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS)
areindispensable tools for organizations to manage Human Resources (HR) due to the
exponential increase in social, local, and global use of Information Systems (IS)(Kavanagh &
1Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Dhaka