Human capital analytics: why are we not there?
Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance
ISSN: 2051-6614
Article publication date: 5 June 2017
Abstract
Purpose
While human capital analytics (HCA) recently has developed enormous interest, most organizations still find themselves struggling to move from operational reporting to analytics. The purpose of this paper is to explore why that is the case and can be done to change that.
Design/methodology/approach
Referring to the “LAMP” model, the authors stress four elements as potential reasons why HCA are not sufficiently being “pushed” toward their audience, namely, logic, analytics, measures, and process. Similarly, they name five conditions why the wider use of HCA is not “pulled” in by the analytics user.
Findings
The authors investigations show that these “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends.
Practical implications
These “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends.
Originality/value
These “push” and “pull” factors behind the lack of greater use of HCA represent fertile ground for future research and implications for practitioners on both ends.
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Citation
Boudreau, J. and Cascio, W. (2017), "Human capital analytics: why are we not there?", Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, Vol. 4 No. 2, pp. 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-03-2017-0021
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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