Title: HRIS implementation in apparel manufacturing industry of developing economy: identification of challenges through qualitative systematic review and bibliographic exploration

Authors: Abu Naser Mohammad Saif; Azmawani Abd Rahman; Shafie Sidek

Addresses: School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Department of Management Information Systems, Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh; Department of Business Studies, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh ' School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia ' School of Business and Economics, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Abstract: Since contemporary research on business information systems has called for human-centred technologies in manufacturing, the time has come to identify the implementation challenges of human resource information systems (HRIS) in the apparel industry of developing economies. This qualitative systematic review aims to categorise the implementation challenges of HRIS in the garment manufacturing industry in a developing economy. From the top academic databases, a total of 553 research papers published during the period 2001-2021, were inspected to ascertain the applicable 22 publications using PRISMA flowchart. Using VOSviewer, term co-occurrence network maps were generated. Cross-mapping the terms from bibliographic analyses with concrete insights from detailed qualitative interviews piloted in a developing nation, researchers proposed four themes, i.e., sustainability, cultural, financial, and performance. The findings have revealed that these four are the groups of challenges that are required to be manoeuvred to augment the benefits of HRIS in current settings.

Keywords: human resource information systems; HRIS; implementation challenges; apparel manufacturing; bibliographic; systematic review; qualitative; VOSviewer.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2026.152779

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2026 Vol.51 No.4, pp.417 - 436

Received: 05 Apr 2022
Accepted: 03 Jul 2022
Published online: 13 Apr 2026 *

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