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Abstract

The Impact of Digital Human Resources Management on Reducing Silent Resignation and Organizational Obesity: An Analytical Study of Opinions from a Sample of Employees at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs

Dr. Qasim Hboob Abbas

Department of Business Administration, College of Administration and Economics, University of Wasit, Iraq

197-212 Vol: 16, Issue: 2, 2026
Receiving Date: 2026-04-27
Acceptance Date: 2026-05-22
Publication Date: 2026-05-29
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http://doi.org/10.37648/ijtbm.v16i02.012

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the topic of digital human resources management and its impact on reducing silent resignation and organizational obesity, as it attempted to provide a theoretical framework for some of what writers and researchers proposed about the two variables of the study, along with a practical analytical framework for the opinions of a sample of employees of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, where the study sample reached (140) employees in a number of units and lower administrative levels. Digital human resources management was expressed as an independent variable through its three dimensions.

Keywords: Digital Human Resources Management; Silent Resignation; Organizational Obesity

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