Investigating the Effect of Human Resource Information Systems on Employee Innovation Capacity with the Mediating Role of Human Resource Management Functions and Employee Creativity in Pharmaceutical Companies

In this study, the effect of human resource information systems on employee innovation capacity with the mediating role of human resource management functions and employee creativity has been investigated. Human resource information systems are a set of tools that enable managers to achieve the goals of the organization by implementing the functions and tasks of human resource management and using the human resources of the organization and determine the extent to which the goals are achieved. This is a descriptive-causal study and its statistical population is all Iranian companies in the sixth Iran Pharma exhibition in 1400. In this study, by presenting a conceptual model and proposing related hypotheses in the study population, the opinions of 194 employees of pharmaceutical companies were examined and the data collected by Smart-PLS software were analyzed. Based on the results of this study, human resource information systems had a positive (β=0.511) and significant (t=7.449) effect on the innovation capacity of employees in pharmaceutical companies. In addition, the variables of human resource management functions and employee creativity with an impact factor of 0.209 and 0.085, respectively, play a mediating role in the relationship between human resource information systems and employee innovation capacity. The results showed that the use of human resource information systems improves the innovation capacity of employees in these companies. In addition, the mediating role of human resource management functions and employee creativity in the relationship between the use of human resource information systems and staff innovation capacity was also confirmed.