“…Blockchain is expected to improve organizational processes, including strengthening the accuracy of supply chain tracking (Subramanian et al, 2020), securing contractual agreements (Fauziah et al, 2020), and combating fraud (Sarda et al, 2018). Human resource management (HRM) is one area where blockchain is expected to significantly impact traditional HR functions such as recruitment, contract management, training, and compensation (Li et al, 2021;Pal et al, 2021). This paper examines how blockchain may provide advantages to HR departments from the perspective of transaction cost economics (TCE) theory, especially as set forth by Coase (1937Coase ( , 1960 and Williamson (1979Williamson ( , 1989.…”