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Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Human Resource Management—A Conceptual Exploration

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Artificial Intelligence Techniques and its subset, Computational Intelligence Techniques, are not new to Human Resource Management, and since their introduction, a heterogeneous set of suggestions on how to use Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence in Human Resource Management has accumulated. While such contributions offer detailed insights into specific application possibilities, an overview of the general potential is missing. Therefore, this chapter offers a first exploration of the general potential of Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Human Resource Management . To this end, a brief foundation elaborates on the central functionalities of Artificial Intelligence Techniques and the central requirements of Human Resource Management based on the task-technology fit approach. Based on this, the potential of Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management is explored in six selected scenarios (turnover prediction with artificial neural networks , candidate search with knowledge-based search engines, staff rostering with genetic algorithms , HR sentiment analysis with text mining , résumé data acquisition with information extraction and employee self-service with interactive voice response ). The insights gained based on the foundation and exploration are discussed and summarized.

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Strohmeier, S., Piazza, F. (2015). Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Human Resource Management—A Conceptual Exploration. In: Kahraman, C., Çevik Onar, S. (eds) Intelligent Techniques in Engineering Management. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 87. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17906-3_7

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