Int. J. Human Resources Development and Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, 2015 69 Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Determinants of the implementation of HRIS applications in business organisations in Jordan Rand H. Al-Dmour* and Steve Love Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK Email: rand.aldmour@ju.edu.jo Email: randaldmour@hotmail.com Email: Steve.love@brunel.ac.uk *Corresponding author Abstract: This research investigated the extent to which a firm’s internal and external environmental determinants influence the implementation of its HRIS. A conceptual framework that brought together the major factors thought to influence the firm’s extent of implementing HRIS applications was developed. The key factors were presented under two broad dimensions: internal and external environmental factors. The data for this research were collected through structured-directed interviews with 236 respondents. The target respondents were business organisations in Jordan, and the key respondent approach was employed. The results show that 93% of the variance of the level of implementing HRIS applications could be explained by this combination, while the internal and external dimension could each explain only 90% and 62% of the variance of the level of implementing HRIS applications respectively. The research results indicate that the internal environmental dimension produces better explanation of the variation of the level of implementing HRIS applications than the external environmental dimension. Keywords: HRIS applications; HRIS implementation; internal and external factors. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Al-Dmour, R.H. and Love, S. (2015) ‘Determinants of the implementation of HRIS applications in business organisations in Jordan’, Int. J. Human Resources Development and Management, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.69–96. Biographical notes: Rand H. Al-Dmour is a Doctoral student and Research Assistant in the Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University, London. Her research interests are in human resource information system adoption, implementation and effectiveness. Steve Love works in the School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics at Brunel University, London and has led research projects investigating how individual differences (e.g., personality, cognitive ability) affect young people’s perception and use of mobile services and applications. In addition, he has worked on projects related to e-learning for adult learners returning to education and schoolchildren’s use of mobile technology. He has published his work in international journals such as the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies and Computers in Human Behaviour and at international conferences such as CHI as well as being the author and editor of books such as Understanding Mobile Human-Computer Interaction and The Handbook of Mobile Technology Research Methods.