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The present study aims to investigate the potential effects that human resources information system have for the quality of work life in public sector in Kashan, Iran. This study is conducted within a descriptive-correlation approach the statistical population included 11500 employees working at the public sector in Kashan. From the population 225 individuals were selected through cluster random sampling for as the sample. The instruments employed included Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Questionnaire which is a close-ended questionnaire with 40 items and 4 elements and Quality of Work Life Questionnaire with 24 and 6 elements which is designed based on a 5-level Likert scale. The content and construction validities of the questionnaires calculated by the researchers and confirmed by the experts in the field. The reliabilities for each phase questionnaires are obtained through Cronbach alpha which indicated .91 for Human Resources Information System and .90 for Quality of Work Life. The data obtained through the inferential statistics (correlation, t-test, regression and structural equation modeling) are calculated through SPSS and Amos. The findings of this study revealed that the human resources information system and quality of work life is at acceptable levels for the employees under study. The results of correlation coefficient show that there is a significant and positive relationship between human resources information system and the quality of life.
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