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The Human Resource Management Parameter Experimentation Tool

  • George Mason University

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Abstract

Human resource management (HRM) draws on the field of organizational theory (OT) to identify, quantify, and manage people-based phenomena that impact organizational operations and outcomes. OT research has long used computational methods and agent-based modeling to understand complex adaptive systems. Agent-based modeling methodologies within HRM, however, are still rare. Within the HRM and management science literature, Herzberg’s et al. (1959) Two-Factor Theory (TFT) is a framework that has been tested and used for decades. Its ability to capture the interaction between a work force’s motivation and their environment’s hygiene lends itself well to agent-based modeling as a method of study. Here, we present the development of the Human Resources Management-Parameter Experimentation Tool (HRM-PET) as the first explicit ABM instantiation of TFT, filling the gap between the study of HRM and computational OT tools like agent-based modeling.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSocial, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling - 13th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2020, Proceedings
EditorsRobert Thomson, Halil Bisgin, Christopher Dancy, Ayaz Hyder, Muhammad Hussain
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages298-307
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030612542
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
Event13th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2020 - Washington, United States
Duration: Oct 18 2020Oct 21 2020

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12268 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, SBP-BRiMS 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period10/18/2010/21/20

Keywords

  • Agent-based modeling
  • Human resources management
  • Management science
  • Workforce dynamics

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