Abstract:
Human resource analytics has emerged as a new trend and challenge in the business context emphasizing
the strategic value of Human Resource Management (HRM) to the top management leaders. This paper tries to achieve
five objectives: 1) what HR analytics means and its importance, 2) what the process of HR analytics is, 3) possible
HR questions that can be answered by HR analytics, 4) a new model for HR analytics, and 5) challenges that exist for
HR analytics. A comprehensive literature review analysis was done to achieve the mentioned objectives of the paper.
This study is conceptual in nature as it discusses some aspects like definitions, importance, process, models, challenges
etc. under HR analytics. HR analytics is an application of research designs and advanced statistical tools for evaluating
HR data to find solutions or to make sustainable decisions relating to HR issues based on evidences. Many scholars
have identified that contribution of HR analytics in attaining the competitive advantage for the organization is highly
considerable.
