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Tech and the times: why technology is the double-edged sword that HR teams must navigate

Jack Latus (Latus Health, Hull, UK)

Strategic HR Review

ISSN: 1475-4398

Article publication date: 6 June 2022

Issue publication date: 4 August 2022

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Abstract

Purpose

This study aims to explore how changing technology can be harnessed by HR teams to improve the efficiency of the workplace and elevate the employee experience. It analyses whether technology contributes to more issues than it solves, and whether HR teams should consider adopting measures grounded in technology.

Design/methodology/approach

This study stemmed from the recent publishing of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development employee well-being report and months of research into the key issues that HR teams face within the industry, offering a perspective on why they should consider technology as the solution to these.

Findings

By adapting HR strategy, technology can be used to better employee health and well-being, as well as business turnover. The future of HR doesn’t lie in rejecting these new systems and ways of working, but rather by accepting them and implementing the necessary boundaries to preserve and even improve employee health.

Originality/value

The value of this study is to provide HR teams with a comprehensive take on the role that technology currently plays, and will continue to play, as a solution to the issues that plague the industry.

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Citation

Latus, J. (2022), "Tech and the times: why technology is the double-edged sword that HR teams must navigate", Strategic HR Review, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 127-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-05-2022-0024

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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