Title: The impact of retaining human competencies on the economics of digital transformation in the Ministry of HR and Social Development in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Authors: Sanaa Mostafa Mohammed; Mohammed Thani Alhumaid; Badreldin Mohamed Ahmed Abdulrahman

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia ' Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia ' Department of Business Administration, College of Business, Jouf University, Sakaka 72388, Saudi Arabia

Abstract: This study aims to know the impact of retaining human competencies on the economics of digital transformation in the Ministry of HR and Social Development in the KSA. Three hundred and fifty individuals working in the Ministry of HR and Social Development in the KSA participated in the survey. SPSS was used to evaluate the data and test the research variables. According to the results of this study, human resource retention has a positive impact on the economics of digital transformation in the Ministry of HR and Social Development. The generalisability of the research findings may be limited depending on the chosen research approach. As a result, scholars are encouraged to further test the proposed theories. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to investigate the impact of human resource retention on the economics of digital transformation in the Ministry of HR and Social Development in the KSA.

Keywords: retaining human competencies; economics of digital transformation; HR and Social Development; KSA.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2025.147565

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2025 Vol.19 No.3, pp.221 - 246

Received: 21 Sep 2024
Accepted: 16 Dec 2024
Published online: 21 Jul 2025 *

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