Investigating human resource management policies of the information and communications technologies labour market

The Information and Communications Technologies (lCT) labour market presents special interest due to its continuous changes, which reflect the rapid evolution of Informatics and its relative technologies. This study focuses on the investigation of various issues of human resource management related to the occupation of the ICT graduates and the employing policies adopted by the Greek enterprises. A national survey was accomplished using as research tool a structured questionnaire. Totally 343 filled questionnaires were collected, reaching a response rate of 30.2%. Principal parameters of human resource management such as personnel searching and selection methods, employment policies and preferences, further education and professional training, performance evaluation, employment of special categories personnel and ICT graduates' employment according to educational level and degree title are thoroughly examined. Enterprise profile characteristics are also correlated with all dependent variables using bivariate and multivariate data analysis techniques. Results are discussed for every relevant parameter and final conclusions are drawn.