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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sustain.
Sec. Sustainable Organizations
Volume 6 - 2025 |
doi: 10.3389/frsus.2025.1503423
An Integrated Adoption Model of Sustainable Cloud Computing-Based Human Resource Management by SMEs in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bahrain
Provisionally accepted
Ali Ateeq 1*
Marwan Milhem 1*
Mohannad Moufeed Ayyash 2 Qadri Alzaghal 2
Mohammed Alzoraiki 1
Nasser A. Saif Almuraqab 3 Sara Almeer 1- 1 Gulf University, Sanad, Bahrain
- 2 Palestine Technical University Kadoorie, Tulkarem, West Bank, Palestine
- 3 Dubai Business School,University Of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Despite the increasing awareness of efficient and technology-driven human resource management at almost all levels of analysis in all organisations, more needs to be done regarding small-and medium-sized enterprises in developing country contexts like Bahrain to explore using cloud computing in HRM. This study applies the Technology, Organisation, and Environment framework, extended to include individual managerial innovativeness, in examining the factors influencing the adoption of sustainable cloud computing-based HRM. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of 280 upper-level managers and human resource specialists across various SMEs in Bahrain. This data was analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) with the help of partial least square (PLS) software. The findings indicate that the technological, organizational, and environmental contexts greatly impact the adoption of sustainable cloud computing-based HRM, while individual managerial innovativeness does not. This study has significant implications for any human resource department looking to shift its operation onto a sustainable cloud computing platform in a developing country.
Keywords: Cloud computing, sustainability, Human Resource Management, SMEs, TOE, manager innovativeness, Developing Countries, structural equation modeling (SEM)
Received: 28 Sep 2024; Accepted: 27 Jan 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Ateeq, Milhem, Ayyash, Alzaghal, Alzoraiki, Almuraqab and Almeer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Ali Ateeq, Gulf University, Sanad, Bahrain
Marwan Milhem, Gulf University, Sanad, Bahrain
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